Instructables and cuteaznprincesss got a nice write-up in the Sacramento Bee's story FYIs for the DIYers. Deborah Lee was a senior at the University of California, Davis, when she sewed a little monster doll and took photos to show friends how she did it.She was going to use her brother-in-law's online photo album Web site --Mixbook.com -- when he asked whether she'd heard of Instructables.She became hooked.More news and press about Instructables here.

I am looking for a source for inexpensive pneumatic cylinders and related goodies, preferably in the Sacramento area. I am not above doing a little demolition work to get the parts ... in fact I rather enjoy it!!  All sizes can be used.

Instructables author mactothefuture was on Good Day Sacramento showing off her amazing Halloween costumes!  It's so cool to see talented authors getting recognition like this.  Check it out!  You can find tutorials the Rufio costume, her Super Mario shirt, and Super Mario Rhinestone cuff that she's wearing right here on instructables!

It's cool to see where your ibles end up getting a mention. Here is a CBS Sacramento morning news talkshow segment that I came across from their tweet.   https://t.co/37A552OEAb I think it's great that something I made is inspiring people to make and just have fun with it. http://gooddaysacramento.cbslocal.com/video/category/spoken-word-good-day/3345471-show-tell/

Pretend you could live anywhere in California. Where would you choose to go, and why? (For the purposes of this topic, pretend that your income is automatically adjusted so that you have the same standard of living.)If you'd like, you could perhaps post a city/town, and a rural area too if you can't decide between the two. (I'm kind of curious to know what cities people think highly of that aren't San Francisco/Los Angeles/San Jose/San Diego/Sacramento…I'm from another country, and these are the only places we hear about in media!)

I'm on the search again after a little break to see if I'll be able to find someone who could help me out. I'm looking for anyone will the knowledge in robotics, mechanics/Arduinos/Servos/Animatronics for a project I am putting together; a spider creature mask. It would have functioning parts (i.e. eyes, mouth and more) and I unfortunately lack the skills to do this part myself. If you are or know of anyone capable of doing this sort of thing do let me know so I can discuss this further with them. It doesn't have to be started immediately I'm just looking for anyone willing to give it a go when they are available. I'm located in Sacramento California. Much appreciated, thanks for looking.

I have tried so many different ways to heat my pool water and have had little luck. One way I did it was to take about three hundred feet of black 1/2" drip line and run it around the pool rim. I supplied cold water from a smalloutlet attached to the return line,using the power of the filtration pump to move the water from the pool through thecoil and I adjusted the flow to about half of the normal, then at the end I had the heated water re-enter the pool. Iwould say the water got to about 100 degrees, by the time it went through the drip line. The problem is that it wasn'tefficient enough to have any real effect on the pool water temperature which stays at about 60-65 even on the hottest days. I live in the Sacramento area of California, and we get pretty hot summers, usually about 90-105. Any suggestions on how I could make this idea more efficient? My pool water temp is always too cold to swim in, and I have a capacity of 12,000 gallons.

OK this is my first forum. I have been following instructables for a year now but have never joined. I love DIY stuff and everything like it. I recently went to sacramento for thanksgiving. On the way back my faimly and i started to have one of those random road trip conversations. The topic of people who attach hellium ballons to lawn chairs came up. There was a movie about this a while back i dont know what its called but im not interested in that. I told my parents that i would have done it if i had the chance. Then my father and i came up with an idea to make an ellite hellium aircraft. We would take away the longchair and other variables. The end product would be somthing where i would have an oppen cockpit with hellium ballons tied to each corner and two 12inch fans in the back for sterring(the fan size may change) What im asking for is suggestions for ideas what type of materials the cockpit should be the list is endless im just asking for ideas Money is not a problem i have a finacial contributer that will pay for everything After i am finished with the prototype i will make another one and then post an instructable about thank you Public Enemy No.1

Hello,     So I have two things to talk about, one I have a few questions and two i have a story. -Story time !     So all my life I have wanted to do Animatronics, and live in California. Well last Tuesday I left my CEMS job (continual emissions                      monitoring), for many reasons. I have had this thought for a while to just pick up and leave. I did really enjoy my job but it was not what i had wanted to do, I was also tired of being lied to and disrespected. So my best friend was packing up the stuff out of his house and moving to another friends house. I told him "let's go to California" and he said "ok, sure" So we left, I had nothing but some friends and family tying me down anyways. So I packed up my Buick and his VW and we set off from Pennsylvania to California with no real plan what so ever. It was great, and still is, mostly ....  -Questions ?     So does anybody do any work with Animatronics, or live in California ? What is the best way to get in ? Wheres the best place to live in CA with access to good tech jobs ? -My experience is 3 Years of electronics, I am ETA certified, I have done FIRST robotics for 5 years and now mentor it, I also have tons of experience with computers/servers, also a good bit of CEMS experience. I am currently in Sacramento California, and just looking for some good advice Thanks Robert 

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