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Volume 05, page 72
Volume 02, page 172
Volume 05, page 78
Volume 10, page 110
Marshmallow Shooter
Volume 02, page 172
BY SAUL GRIFFITH, NICK
DRAGOTTA, JOOST BONSEN
Revenge is sweet with
your PVC marshmallow
shooter.
Household Worm Bin
Volume 18, page 78,
BY CELINE RICH-DARLEY
Let hungry, squirmy
wigglers take out the
household trash.
Medicine Man Glider
Volume 17, page 108
BY RYAN GROSSWILER
Make a 5-foot-wingspan
glider inspired by 1930s
stick-and-tissue designs.
Backyard Zip Line
Volume 05, page 72
BY DAVE MABE
Be the hit of your hood
with a high-flying, tree-
to-tree transporter.
The Night Lighter 36
Spud Gun
Volume 03, page 108
BY WILLIAM GURSTELLE
Launch potato chunks
200+ yards with this
stun-gun-triggered,
high-powered cannon
with see-thru action.
Travel-Game Mod
Volume 08, page 17
BY HARRY MILLER
Make a travel edition of
your favorite, but house-
bound, board game.
Vibrobot
Volume 10, page 119
BY MARK FRAUENFELDER
Make a twitchy, bug-like
robot out of a toy motor,
a mint tin, a coat hanger,
and some paperclips.
Invisible Ink Printer
Volume 16, page 92
BY MIKE GOLEMBEWSKI
Modify an ink cartridge
to print with invisible
lemon juice.
Boing Box
Volume 12, page 116
BY MARK FRAUENFELDER
Build a fun, one-stringed
twangy instrument.
Styrofoam Plate
Speaker
Volume 12, page 131
BY JOSÉ PINO
Get surprisingly good
sound from disposable
picnicware.
Soda Bottle Rocket
Volume 05, page 78
BY STEVE LODEFINK
Build a high-performance
rocket powered by air
and water.
Gauss Rifle
Volume 01, page 12
BY SIMON QUELLEN FIELD
Build a linear accelerator for studying
high-energy physics.
Tabletop Biosphere
Volume 10, page 110
BY MARTIN JOHN BROWN
Create a sealed system
that supplies a fresh-water shrimp with food,
oxygen, and waste processing for a desktop
journey of 3 months or
more. Our “econaut” has
been alive for 2½ years!
Compressed Air Rocket
Volume 15, page 102
BY RICK SCHERTLE
Send this 25-cent rocket
hundreds of feet in the air.
Wizard Crackers
Volume 04, page 179
BY CHARLES NEVEU
Make trick crackers that
go off like a gunshot and
burst into a ball of flame.
Robotic Hand
Volume 19, page 148
BY NICK DRAGOT TA AND
SAUL GRIFFITH
Extend your grasp with a
robotic hand made from
drinking straws.
Archery Bows
Volume 16, page 169
BY DAN ALBERT
Make an archer’s bow
from eco-friendly, fast-growing wood.
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