The afternoon projects thread

[Joeyjoe9876]

i made a pacman ghost flashlight
might have overdone it with the epoxy on the inside though XD




also realized i gave the ghost a black nose

Dang you mako i lost the game

 

[Basement_Modder]

My impression is that if somebody doesn't know how to do something and sees somebody else doing it, they will either think it's the best thing in the world from their own ignorance or think it's stupid, not knowing how hard it was to do.(people thinking that you can build a portable by "connecting a few wires together")

QFT

I literally copy-pasted this comment from a YouTube vid of bens 5th xbox 360 laptop:

"WTF u guys? This guy isn't that cool. An xbox laptop is so easy all you have to do is put ur xbox in a laptop and that's it."

and one on the revision 3 "how to make an N64p" video

"This is so easy and I made 1 with my dad and I'm 11 and now I made a ps3 portable 2 lol"

(That one was just some stupid lying kid, though.)

 

[bentomo]

I did a true afternoon project. Just did it in one afternoon!
Thanks XCVG for that 555 timer diagram.

 

[Joeyjoe9876]

Dude that is sweet

 

[zeturi]

You could make a keyboard out of one of those! Cool!

 

[bentomo]

I wish I had a guitar tuner and a large POT, then I could get actual notes.

 

[Mako321]

use some online tuners :O

 

[Jidan]

I did a true afternoon project. Just did it in one afternoon!
Thanks XCVG for that 555 timer diagram.

Duuuuuuuuuuuuude you've gotta explain that

 

[bentomo]

The potentiometer changers the tone. Change the values of the resistors and capacitor to adjust further. We used a 9V power source but it should work down to 5V or so with reduced volume. R1, R2, C1 and the potentiometer affect the tone. R3 is the base resistor (is that what it's called?) for the transistor, I recommend you leave it unless you drastically change the supply voltage. R4 affects the volume of the speaker, it's probably reasonably safe to leave it out except for tiny speakers.

You just replace the pot with fixed resistors and tactile switches.

 

[DK]

10 hours and 2000 balloons later. Last time our housemate goes home for the weekend instead of watching us beat her country at the rugby.

 

[Joeyjoe9876]

how much did you spend on balloons lol...?

 

[DK]

about £30, no food for us this week

 

[schmellyfart]

Totally worth it

 

[DK]

Ended up getting them about waist height, would post pics but I'm afraid they're nsfw.

 

[βeta]

How are balloons NSFW? XD

 

[bentomo]

There are people with balloon fetishes. Yes it's real

 

[Jidan]

Why do I think he was talking about maybe posters in the room or something...

 

[snowpenguin]

Lol, you can post it if it's nsfw, just put in a link and tell us that it's NSFW.

Do want.

 

[βeta]

Or just censor it.

 

[schmellyfart]

Front lit and overclocked GBA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPs_tOShFbg