How to make a snowboard bike

In this instructable I am going to show you how to make an awesome snowboard bike. It is made out of a snowboard, a bike and a few other bits and pieces.

Materials needed:
Bike
Snowboard (no bindings needed)
2 25cm hinges
2 15 cm hinges
1 steel bar 40×400×10mm
1 small piece of plywood 80×50mm
6 2 cm bolts
6 2.5cm bolts
1 7.5cm bolt
2 10mm bike axels.

Tools needed:
hacksaw or angle grinder
drill
clamps or vice
flat head screwdriver
adjustable cresent

 First find a suitable bike.
I used an old mountain bike that I found at the local recycling centre, but you can use a bmx or pretty much any other kind of bike. Next remove all uneeded parts like brakes, shifters, wheels and crankarms etc.

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The Basics of Music Production: The Complete Guide

Over the last month we've learned all about the basics of music production, posting new lessons on a weekly basics. With the lessons finished, now you can get the complete guide and find out how you can learn more.

Want all of these lessons as a PDF? Download one here. Just be sure to visit the online lessons as well to watch the videos or you'll miss out on a lot!

In our first lesson, we take a look at the equipment you'll need to set up a home studio. You don't have to get it all, but rather pick and choose what you'll need to record the kind of music you want to make in your home.

After setting up your home studio, you need to know how to use it! This lesson will start you off on the basics of recording and getting used to your DAW software.

You can create some awesome tracks with recorded instruments, but you can do so much more with virtual ones. Implementing them into your music allows you access to all sorts of sounds you otherwise wouldn't have, from blips and beeps to an entire orchestra.

The most difficult part of making your music sound good is achieving a good mix. While it'll take a lot of practice to become great at mixing, this lessons discusses the basics so you can get started on the right foot.

These lessons serve as a basic introduction to music production, not a complete course. You’ll need to learn more through practice, but additional resources can help as well. Here are a few we recommend:

Lynda.com: Lynda offers plenty of in-depth lessons on all kinds of software. If you're looking to learn more about Cubase or any other DAW, they'll likely have you covered. While it costs a minimum of $25 per month, that's a low price to pay if you're only going to subscribe for a month or two and get a few lessons. I've learned a lot through Lynda and consider it one of the best video lesson sites online.Mixing Secrets for the Small Studio: Regardless of the software you use, the most important skill you can have is the ability to mix. This book will help you learn a solid mixing skill set.Gearslutz: When you have a question during the learning process, this message board is the place to go. Even if you don't have a question, you can learn a lot from reading what others have asked in the past.Thanks for learning with us! If you follow these lessons and make some great music, share it in the discussions bellow.

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How to Deal with Six of the Most Awkward Money Moments

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Get Social With Lifehacker and Your Favorite Writers

Every day, we post selections of our stories to different social networks so you can stay up to date and share with friends. Why not join us on your preferred network and add a little awesome to your day?

While you're around, you can make your social networks of choice even happier places by following your favorite Lifehacker writers. You can see what kinds of things they get up to in the off hours, what they're reading on other sites, and sometimes even pick up extra tips and tricks.

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build shiney brass camera to use standard m42 lenses on posh medium format film!

so i wanted to use lenses for 35mm film on medium format film.not quite as straght forward as you might think, medium format film likes its lenses far away and 35mm film like to be close to its lens..i explored the possibility of making a panaramic shift and a blend, due to forces beyond my ability what i got is what it is.

here are some lists

material
brass from, car heater radiators,light switch faceplates, an exsecutive toy , part of a lens,some pipe ,a decorative plate and some clock parts.
some nuts and bolts
a lens mount
lead tin solder.
wire wool
fine sand paper
paint
polish wadding and paste
springs
gas
thinners
stainless rod
rubber bungs

tools
a lazer cutter would have been nice to get things accurate but i havnt got one so it wont be accurate.
blow torches large and small
tin snips
dremmel with cut off disks and sand drums
hammer
vice
pliers
rule
drivers
files
hacksaw
pipe cutter
paint brush

cost
gas £3
solder£10
decorative face plates£8 (b&q dont sell sheet brass)

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Viking Catapult

In this step by step tutorial I will be showing you how to make your very own Homemade Viking Catapult!You will need 5 sticks that are are 4-6 feet long with a diameter of 1-2 inches. I am using 4 foot long sticks. The 2 shorter sticks you need will be 2-3 feet long also with a diameter of 1-2 inches. I am using 2 foot long sticks. You will need all of the items shown in the picture. You will also need something that will make a hole about 1/2 an inch wide, such as a drill.
Another thing you will need is approximately 60 inches of elastic band that has a diameter of about a half of an inch. Another thing you will need is some sort of bowl of cup to use as the holder for the item you will launch. Pictures of these items come later in this instructable.

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Foam Ring Decorations

I am a habitual saver/collector of anything that might be “useful” at some point in the future. I hate to throw anything away that has potential. In the course of my job, I burn thousands of CDs & DVDs, and the DVD packaging includes a little foam ring that cushions the top of a stack of blank discs. After several years I had a couple hundred of these things, and I couldn’t figure out what to do with them. Then, one day, I just started playing around with them, and folded one in half. Hmm, idea! I wondered if they could be woven together like the old gum wrapper chains I made in my younger days. A little experimenting, and I had a chain going. Once it got long enough, I wove the two ends together, and I had a wreath.

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