In episode 12, season 3 of Futurama - title “The Route of all Evil” - Fry, Leela, and Bender brew beer inside of Bender, and end up treating him like an expectant mother.
Well now, Simon Jansen of Asciimation remembered that episode and decided to make an actual functioning brewing Bender, and wrote out all the steps he used, including circuit diagrams! Fanboy note: It’s joked that Bender is powered by an ancient 6502 processor, so Mr. Jansen decided to gut an old commodore disc drive and use it’s 6502 to make Bender talk.
Definitely not mine, but below is a video from the wonderful TAP Plastics on how to create your own strip heater to bend plastic. This particular one is created with the BriskHeat 36″ strip heater. They also make an excellent free standing heater if you don’t want to spend the 5 minutes to build your own. Both methods work well and heat the plastic evenly to ensure a perfect bend. Good luck!
Although not as clever as the majority of ones at Ikea Hacker, I too have improved the use of some Ikea furniture!
Although they are no longer listed on Ikea’s online catalog and I neglected to take a picture beforehand, awhile ago I bought 2 DVD holders from Ikea. They each had 5 shelves, made out of metal, and neat concrete bases. I bought them before I lived in a loft, because I knew I wanted to live in a loft, the one we’re at specifically, and thought they would look great - and they do. Problem is, we have way to many DVDs - more then enough to fill both towers up to the brim and more! A few of them were larger box sets and I didn’t want a line of DVD holders stretched along the wall so I ran to the hardware store and came back with five 3 foot long boards. They are 6″ wide and 3/8″ thick and fit perfectly if you turn the DVD towers sideways. Now I can just buy longer boards if we have more DVDs to store - I think it looks great as it is, but with a little gunship gray paint I doubt you’d be able to tell these are wood from a distance. For added safety, bolt them to the stands, and then screw some angle iron into the wood to hold the DVDs and prevent sliding.
Here’s a few pictures - click to make ‘em bigger!
Here you can see the board on top of the old stands:
As a collector of screen printed gig posters, I know the pain that is the cost of frames. Not only that, but where can you find a frame that will fit an 11″ x 23″ poster correctly?
Calling around here in St. Paul, the average price ran about $50 for an 11″ x 23″ piece of glass - not the whole frame, but the glass! There has to be a better way! And, there is!
What do you need? A sheet of acrylic and some sectional frame kits. Read on, and I’ll show you how!
In episode 12, season 3 of Futurama - title “The Route of all Evil” - Fry, Leela, and Bender brew beer inside of Bender, and end up treating him like an expectant mother.
