Papa-G writes -
My son found an abandoned wheelchair in the summer and after spending a week having chariot races (i.e. tying ropes to a bike and getting pulled too fast) it ended up in my garage until winter.
As you can see from the image, I have no room for anything in the garage, so I told him - find something to do with that or I’m throwing it out.
A trip to Goodwill and $5 later, we had skis attached to the chair.
Because of the high centre of gravity, this chair feels very unstable, couple that with the complete lack of steering/braking and you’re ready for fun on the slopes!
We took it out for a spin at a local tobogganing hill and got large numbers of ’stares of wonder’. This actually goes much faster than most toboggans and it just feels great.
I didn’t include full pictures of assembly, because if you […]
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Tim shows you how those Aquaskippers work and how to take one out for a spin…
The “Aquaskipper” is a human powered hydrofoil made by Inventist.com . It’s similar to the original Swedish Trampofoil, which is no longer available. There’s also one called the “Pumpabike” from South Africa.
They’re also called “hull-less watercraft” and “flapping wing propulsion vessels”. You bounce up and down to make the wing fly and propel you. If you stop you fall into the water and swim back to the dock. It’s completely ridiculous and works really well once you get the hang of it. It’s hard to do at first but that seems to make it even more fun.
HOW TO - “Fly” a human powered hydrofoil - the “Aquaskipper” - - Link.
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Sergey collects cards and sent in this instructable. Hmmm, now I’m on the lookout for a deck of black playing cards for a black top hat! - Link
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I’m always tangling things up and it’s not so bad until a I tangle a bunch of cords up into a swarm of spaghetti. - Link
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We have about 500 projects and 500 members of the MAKE group on Instructables, and now there’s another great way to do projects together with the new “Collaboration” feature… Eric writes - “Today, we’ve launched the incredible new feature, collaboration! Enable other users or groups to help you work on your Instructables. Made a mistake? Don’t worry, there’s also now versioning, so you can rollback to an earlier version of your Instructable.” - Link.
Excellent work Eric and crew! Makers, go check it out!
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When you’re at your desk and you need to close that door, but you just can’t be bothered to get up, then it’s time to make a paperclip grappling hook and sport your best bobafet moves! The pics here are a little rough, but there is enough to get you on your way with this project in a jiffy. - Link
Update: Another paperclip grappling hook! - Link
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