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Make a Power Tool Drag Racer + Summer Projects for Kids
Make a Power Tool Drag Racer + Summer Projects for KidsJune 29, 2007
In this issue: Learn How to Make a Power Tool Drag Racer (Video Podcast and PDF) plus A Summer of Projects for Kids from MAKE
Makers,
It's summertime! Learn all about making your own power tool drag racer -- and check the projects we've put together for kids ... without power saws.
Cheers,
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Phillip Torrone
Senior Editor - MAKE Magazine
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From the MAKE Blog
Learn How to Make a Power Tool Drag Racer -- MAKE: Video Podcast
Learn How to Make a Power Tool Drag Racer -- MAKE: PDFcast
This weekend, you can make a power tool drag racer! With some time, an old power tool, and some ingenuity, you'll be set to race in no time! For my racer I went to Goodwill and bought an edger for $10 and two sets of inline skates for $5 each. For everything else I just used scrap from around the workshop ... and a squirt gun! I found inspiration for my racer from Jeremy Franklin-Ross' drag racer Instructable, which he has allowed me to reproduce in the PDF. You can follow these or get as far out as you like! Jeremy is a co-founder of Hazard Factory and CultureMob, and his instructions for putting together a basic racer will get you on the track in a weekend! Although the Seattle and San Francisco races have already happened this year, you can compete in Amsterdam at Robodock. Download the PDF here! - Link
Summer of Projects ... For Kids, from MAKE
This is an experiment for us: We put together a free sampling of MAKE to help parents figure out some fun summer projects for kids. We're hoping you really like these and consider picking up MAKE. Parents interested in subscribing to MAKE will save $5 off our regular subscription rate by clicking here. In addition to your regular print subscription, you'll get digital access to the complete archive of every volume (and every project) for all your volumes.Make It Go
Make a Mini-Motor Turn electricity into motion with just a couple of safety pins, a battery, a magnet, and some insulated copper wire.
Build a Nocturnal Robot using paper clips, guitar strings, rubber bands, heat-shrink tubing, and your imagination.
Fly an OrnithopterBuild a rubber-band-powered bird-like aircraft with wood, wire, tissue, and glue.
Make a Frankenmouse Transform a mild-mannered computer mouse into a rolling robot.
Make It Stop
Capture motion with a homemade strobe from a modified disposable camera.
Make It Bright
Make Light Dance Bend light through a water stream using a flashlight, shoe box, soda bottle, and duct tape.
Make It Sing
Make a cup into a speaker and microphone with some insulated wire, a cup, an earphone plug, and a magnet.
Make a turkey baster into a flute and just add water (and some rubber bands).
Make a Cigar Box into a Guitar with a cigar box, twine, wood, screws, bolts.
Make It Tall
Build a Tower to the Sky Make a kinetic sculpture using dowels held in place by the tension of plastic cords.
Make It for Lunch
Make your own ice cream in zip-lock bags. Enjoy & subscribe today!
