Archive for the 'making stuff' Category

Mini Daytona cab

“DAYTONAAAAA” Albeit a fairly old game, someone from the Retrovicio forums has built a miniature Daytona cabinet. All the controls are jammed on there too… gear stick, wheel and those illuminated square buttons. The wheel is actually a radio-control remote. Though what it’s doing on the bed is anyone’s guess…

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Retrovicio

Bowling alley coffee table

William Stranger is no stranger to working with salvaged or sustainable timber. The wood from this superb coffee table was actually salvaged from a bowling alley from what I gather.

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Simple, but very effective. I like.

Stranger Furniture :: MAKE


Ben Heck’s C64 laptop

I’m a bit late writing about this one, but it still deserves a post. I wrote about the work-of-art that was the Atari 2600 handheld some time ago. Well the latest creation is the C64 laptop…

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It does its 1541 drive emulation using an SD card so you can drop stuff on it from the pc, then slip it in the C64.

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It’s a working system, not just pretty. There’s a whole heap on information on benheck.com. Awesome work.