Green
Surfboard
$200 greenlightsurfsupply.com
The handmade surfboard is a
classic DIY project. Here’s an
eco-friendly kit from Green-light: a recyclable EPS foam
core, bamboo fins and stringer,
bamboo fabric instead of
fiberglass, bio-plastic leash
plug, and low-VOC epoxy.
It comes with a set of DVDs
to show you how to build it.
ROV in a Box
$250 nventivity.com/roviab.html
Save yourself a million bucks or so and try out this
underwater robot kit. Includes pretty much everything
you need for a working robot, including the frame and
lights for night diving.
Tricks of the Trade By Tim Lillis
One small lock and two bikes? No problem!
Stuck with two bikes and one
lock? And it’s a mini-lock?
Fear not, this trick from
Ethan Clarke at Refried
Cycles in San Francisco will
be your savior.
First, arrange the bikes at
a suitable lock post facing
opposite directions with
the rear axles as close as
possible to the post.
Next, near the dropouts,
where the seat stay and
chain stay meet, thread the
lock through. Position the
curved end of the shackle
within the plane of one of
the wheels, and pivot the
crossbar down to meet
the other end.
Rest easy!
NOTE: As is usually the
case with a mini U-lock,
your wheels are vulnerable,
so get some locking
skewers.
Have a trick of the trade? Send it to tricks@makezine.com.
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