Category Archives: Make

PVC Canoe Cart

PVC Canoe CartI recently bought a canoe but found it difficult to move it around by myself. In this video, I describe a wheeled cart I built out of PVC. The cart is different from other carts I’ve seen online because it allows me to move the canoe around right-side-up or upside-down. This cart would work equally well with a canoe or kayak. Updated 2/24/15  Read on…

Share This:
Facebooktwitterredditpinterest

Bike Desk

Bike DeskMy fiancee likes to ride her bicycle on a trainer indoors during winter. She thought attaching a desk to the bike would be a great idea so she could use her computer or read a book while she rode but she wasn’t sure how to do it. I gave it some thought and figured out a clever way to make it happen. Read on for details or skip to the video.

Share This:
Facebooktwitterredditpinterest

Piezo Pickup

Piezo Pickup - topI needed a way to tune monitor a washtub bass around other instruments and the mic on my tuner kept picking up the other instruments because they were louder than the bass.  Plus, I wanted a way to record from a ukulele that didn’t have a pickup.  So, I built a pickup from a piezo transducer.  It was pretty easy, didn’t cost very much, and works surprisingly well.  Read on…

Updated: 13 December 2011

Share This:
Facebooktwitterredditpinterest