CAT5 Intercom
Put your broken telephones or unused land line instruments at home to good use by making your own intercom! This workshop will show you how you can do this at home! It has been over a century and a...
View ArticleOld Phone Intercom Device
This Photo Instructable shows how to use two old phones as a cheap intercom between Point A and Point B. Might be useful between the house and the shop, between the treehouse and the fort, between...
View ArticlePrivate Phone Line for Under $10
I will teach you how to make a private phone line with two non-cordless phones with stuff you can find mostly around your house! Great for kids and there clubhouses!Follow my instructable and/or just...
View ArticleThe secret server
This is a very easy instructable. It shows how to build, install and configure your own and secret Server - System. It is cheap It is easy It is secret It is steampunk The idea behind this server was...
View ArticleBuilding a Steampunk NAS - System
Yes, I know you can buy NAS systems from several vendors. But does it fit to your Victorian home? No? Than its time to build your own NAS file server that is able to Store all your data Act as a WEB -...
View ArticleWoodstove Heat Exchanger
I wanted to build this heat exchanger to reclaim some of the heat that is lost up the chimney of my wood stove. I use the wood stove to heat my workshop during the winter months . I have seen...
View ArticleI Love Papercrete
Papercrete?? What’s that?? That’s the response I always get when I’m describing my favorite building material. Not surprising since it occupies a spot in that backwater known as ‘alternative...
View ArticleIPhone Scanner
I take lots of notes and I had the need to scan them quickly so you can consult online. Any scanner was too slow to digitize many hundreds of pages of my moleskine. Taking a good photo was a good...
View Article"Union Jack" palette table
I present you my first custom order palette build finished just a few days ago. A girl wanted to surprise her boyfriend for his thirtieth birthday so she asked me to do this cool Union Jack alike table...
View ArticleHow to use a Fish Bone Knotless Gear Tie.
The Fish Bone Knotless Gear Tie is easy tie, easy to untie, and stays in place. There are a bunch of places it could come in handy. Here are a few ways tie it. Fish Bone came about when I wanted to...
View ArticleSolar charger for mobile phone 3 ways
Hello! welcome to my intructable:) As the name suggests(in spanish) my motto is "something out of nothing" and in this case "nothing" is the energy source, which is the sun light, actually it is not...
View ArticlePallet Coffee Table From Reclaimed Wood
Looking to get an industrial, vintage look in your house but can't find a contemporary table to suit your needs? Frustrated at the 249£ price tag of the Legion Pallet Table offered by Made.com and...
View ArticleDIY (Drone It Yourself) Kit v1.0
Update: I've updated the last step of the instructable with a link to a thread on the OpenPilot forum where the availability of the CC3D flight controller is discussed. The DIY (Drone It Yourself) v1.0...
View ArticleSmart home automation webserver on OpenWRT router WR703N interfaced to...
Download the WR703N Digest (340MB zip file): https://sourceforge.net/projects/wr703n/...
View ArticleWireless DeadDrop
After doing the usb dead drop project i quickly thought about other deaddrop type projects. The main constraint for the usb deaddrop project was the use of having to physically plug it in. The prospect...
View ArticleMobile Emergency Communications: Mobile Repeater and Mesh Node.
What happens when the grid breaks? Communications need to be restored. After Hurricane Katrina hit, BellSouth announced that it would take 3 months to restore phone lines. Volunteers using WiFi gear...
View ArticleUltimate Pi Home Server
Welcome reader. First please note: This instructable can be done within a day, but a weekend is certainly recommended. In this instructable I hope to teach you key skills involved with setting up and...
View ArticleInexpensive Wooden Tri-copter!
Build an inexpensive multi-rotor Tri-Copter using wood, zip ties, and 8 screws! I am using this tri-copter to test servo controllers. There were a few challenges to getting this off the ground and...
View ArticleCoffee Table Pi
The purpose of this project is to create a modern slimline version of an arcade cocktail cabinet. Also to do other tasks such as browse web or write emails with the use of a wireless keyboard and...
View ArticleMAMEFrame - The battery-powered MAME system
I love MAME . What I don't love is moving MAME cabinets. This project outlines the steps involved with building a MAME cabinet in a controller box, allowing it to be moved or stored. In this project...
View ArticleVegetable gardens from old water tank
When a 23,000 litre (5,000 gallon) water tank starts to rust you end up with a big object to dispose of. It is heavy, it is awkward to handle, it is a dead weight that is always in the way. We mulled...
View ArticleHack a $30 WiFi Pan-Tilt Camera - Video, Audio, and Motor control with Python
In this Instructable, you'll learn how to intercept the video, microphone, and controls of the $30 Kaicong SIP1602 wireless pan-tilt camera on Windows, Linux, or OSX! Everything is rolled neatly into...
View ArticleThe Manhattan Industrial Pipe Shelf
This certainly isn't the first Industrial Pipe Shelf Instructables, but it's a good primer for someone working in a smaller urban space sans workshop. Read on for a how-to on Manhattan making..By:...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi Arcade Table
In this Instructable I'll show you how to make your very own "classic" arcade table with a Raspberry Pi for hours of retro-gaming goodness.By: Aleator777Continue Reading »
View ArticleAdjustable arm tablet stand
Tablets are great for surfing the web and can help hours pass like minutes. But anyone who has held one for a while will know the 'arm ache'! If you find yourself wishing you could go hands free with...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi Web Server --- Nginx - PHP - MySql
This tutorial will describe how to install and set up a light web server on Raspberry Pi that supports PHP and MySql. Apache is the most widely used server, but Raspberry has limited resources so it is...
View ArticleAll Weather Solar Powered Raspberry Pi
Here I am going to show you how to set up a solar panel, buck convertors and batteries to create a solar power solution that will keep your pi powered 24/7. A great idea for your personal server or...
View ArticleCheap and Easy Guide to Building a Private Telephone System
Due to the proliferation of cellular networks, most homes have abandoned their land line telephone plan. The infrastructure is still there though, hidden in our walls. Why let all that copper go to...
View ArticleA Super Easy Arcade Machine from 1 Sheet of Plywood
Have you wanted your own arcade machine, but never thought you had the time, skills, tools or money to make a stylish cabinet? Here is the solution! I have designed an extremely easy to build,...
View ArticleDIY Raspberry Pi Indoor Outdoor Webcam
Ever want to monitor your home but don't want to buy a $100 1080p webcam? Or just wanted to build your own, well that is exactly what will happen in this instructable!To begin your going to need the...
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