DIY

“Photo grandpa” builds mother of all homebrew laser triggers

This is an awesome homebrew laser-triggered camera rig that is uses to capture amazing pictures of insects in flight and splashing drops of coloredwater.  Fotoopa (creator) makes the compelling claim that no digital camera has the shutter speed necessary to do this kind of imagery. He claims the Compur #1 shutter used in his 2008 setup has a speed of less than 5 milliseconds. Technical details about his 2009 setup are available here.

Make a $2 Adjustable Smartphone Car Mount

Sometime it hard to find the right smart phone car mount to fix on your car. This diy smart phone car mount is adjustable and easily completely moveable/removable without harming your car in any way.  It can also be adapted to hold any mobile device that weighs about one pound or less.

Note: Do not attempt to use this mount if it in any way impedes your ability to drive with total concentration on the road or if it’s use would be illegal in your location.

Some of the material you need:

1.  a 1/2″ PVC Tee coupling – make sure that the center opening is threaded.  The other two don’t matter.
2.  a 1/2″ PVC Street Elbow – it should have male threads at one end and female threads at the other.
3.  a 1/2″ PVC Nipple of whatever length will suit your car/height/posture.  This is basically a tube male threaded at both ends.
4. heavy duty plastic coated wire (I had “multipurpose wire” lying around, not marked but seems to be about 14-16 gauge)
5. adhesive backed craft foam – half a sheet or so should do it.

Alternately  – if you already have some kind of holster or other commercial cradle device feel free to use that instead of making your own from wire.  Or heat form thick plastic sheets/carve from wood/any other craft you have skills to utilize.  Fashion an appropriate way to attach it to the nipple tube.  Gravity is your friend.  So is friction.
Example: if you use a belt clip type holster already you may be able to just slip the clip into the nipple tube or put a small wire loop on the end of the nipple that can hold the clip.

My post here is just the summarize of the diy smartphone car mount. For complete guide you can follow the link below.

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DIY Lego Router

Lego it just so amazing, it can be assemble into almost anything. Now this guy has remove Linksys WRT54GL router casing and then using Lego tiles to create a new casing for this router.

This lego router is fully functional with all the port, LED and buttons still intact.  And also not forgetting that router does produce heat easily the creator also included air vents in his design to ensure adequate air flow.

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Lens cap holder – Never lose your lens cap again

Where do you keep your lens cap when you are shooting? I keep mine in my pocket. But i may give this DIY a try it look quite simple.

This diy is to create a holder that makes it easy to attach the lens cap to the camera strap. Quick to use, the cap can be attached from above or below.

Materials you need:
- A piece of plastic, size 45 x 35 x 1 mm , this can be found in shampoo bottles.
- Elastic cord (shock cord), diameter/size 2,5 mm, 3/32 inch or 2 mm, length: 8-25 cm ,

Step 1.
- Cut out the plastic piece and flatten it,
- print out the template SkottiRotta.pdf and cut out the one that fits your strap,
- tape the template onto the plastic piece.

Step 2.
Mark along the line with sharp pin and make the hole using a hole puncher. You can use a electric drill to make the hole also.

Step 3.

Remove the paper template and cut out the cord lock. Important : cut out the “cord holder hole” like shown in fig. A-C and make the opening/gap thin to start with, if the cord is difficult to remove make the opening wider in small steps.

Now it time to make the small elastic loop on lens caps.

Step 1.
Make two holes with a drill of the same diameter as the elastic cord.
( distance between the holes, center to center : 12 mm)

Step 2.

Attach a 8-9 cm long elastic cord like shown below. Then tie them up and you are done with it. Enjoy using them.

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DIY Magnetized Coffee Sleeve Doubles as Third Hand

Finding ways or place to hold your coffee while you search through your bad or need to do something that require both your hand. With this diy, you can just stick your coffee to any lamp post or metallic object. You can easily make your own version of this by snagging reusable coffee sleeves online, or making your own. Attach a couple of strong magnets, and you are ready to use it.

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