DIY Cheap “Macro” Cell Phone Photography
I needed to show my boss a component that was fried on a board. He is an elderly gentleman, so his eye site is not so good. So I thought I would take a photo of the bad part and show him on the large display on my computer. All I had to take the photo was my cell phone. I thought to myself, what if I put my eye loop up to the lens and use it to magnified the image. Bingo!
Now the trick is to zoom in on your camera and put the loop over the lens, more zoom means more macro, but its gets a little grainy.
A set of eye loops at Harbor Fright is about $5.
Folding Beer Pong Table
My wife want to make me a beer pong table for Christmas one year. Bless her heart! But it didn’t turn out so well. So I took her idea, and made my own 🙂
Its “regulation” size. Folds in the middle and has folding legs. We are going to cover it with all kinds of beer brand stickers.
Tried it out on new years eve 2012!!! Worked like a champ!!
Lego Man Halloween Costume
This is a home made costume I made for my son. My wife was searching for ideas for him and can across some examples, he then demanded that he wanted to be a Lego Man.
The head is some concrete tube form. The body is just a big card board box. The hands are some PVC pipe. The very top of the head is a tuna can. LOL
My wife had the kids stand out side to get some photos. We lived on a busy road. Almost everyone driving by was honking and waving at my son!
Tubing Bend Calculation Tool Made in Flash
I own a Jeep 1997 TJ. I wanted to make a tire carrier/bumper for it. So I found a web site that sells pre-bent tubing for fabrication. I emailed the guy and asked if he can do custom parts, he said with-in reason. But went on to say that we wished his web site could take a custom orders and quote the cost of the part. BINGO! I said I could make a Flash based tool to calculate bend angle, length and cost. So here is the W.I.P.:
