IKEA power bar hack!

IKEA sells these great little power bars for only $2 -- hard to beat that price -- but the cords are only 3' long.

I had a solution!

How to make a inexpensive glass bed for your 3D printer!

I've wanted to try printing on glass for a while now, but never got around to ordering a custom cut piece of borosilicate glass... until I saw these 6" x 6" mirrors at the dollar store.

Might as well give it a shot!


They actually work great, and at $2 for 3 mirrors... you can swap them out and do multiple print jobs super easily!

Longbow made out of a pair of cross country skis!

A while ago I saw a few pictures of a guy who had made a longbow out of a pair of skis... I decided I had to try it.

Worked out pretty well I think! The draw weight is around 25lbs, which is fairly decent! I plan on modifying it more now that it works, like shortening the limbs, buying a real string and making a nicer arrow rest!

If you have any questions, leave a comment!

Home-made battery booster

After a long cold Canadian winter, with a dead battery twice, I was tempted to buy one of those booster packs -- one was on sale for only $60!

...but then I thought, why do I have this spare car battery? Might as well make use of it...

A few scrap parts later and I had myself a portable booster / 12V power supply for whatever project I want! Here's how I did it...