Make Magazine - Volume 11

Ratherthan Iam enting the slow cleath c)f

drive-in theaters,Iclecicjeclto builclm y

ow n,m o unt ito n an aclulttricycle,ancj

take the m ovies anyw here there's an A C

outlet.V ibranto nline com m unities ofD IY

projectorenthusiasts have ironed outthe

kinks anclbuiltthe focalcalculato rsoft-

w are tools,anclthey're building hom ebrew

m achines w ith Jaw -d ro pping results.

ThefolksatLum enIab ( )have puttogether

a kIt ofhard-to-fInd com ponents to buIIc1your ow n m ovle

projector usIng a surp lus 15:'LC D com puter m on Itor.

Ratherthan scourthe w eb forcom ponentsthatr'nIghtw ork,

lcleclcleclto take aclvantage of Lum enlab 's englneerecl

solutlon,thelrconslclerable Inform atlonalbuIIclguldes,ancl,

m ost ofaII,thelr InvaIuable forum s that Inclucle cletaIIecl

project Iogs ofcom pleteclprojectors.

7g'11'er'a.Io:2.Isa)71edlocrl''el.dTra.'aIrsI.)aîr.!reeInecI)anlc.andacluI7ls'.deslënerandI)as1)ever'oucheda'JIeceo'.''00Ld

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In.and the onIy blkes IayIng around are those goofy granny blkes from the Iate

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H ow La nce W inters w ent
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store on the w ay hom e frorn w ork.Lance W lnters prefers

heaclIng to M exlco to fInclthe best agave cactus and

brlnglng Itback to hIs Iaboratory In a 65,0 00 -square-foot

alrcrafthangar on a ctorm ant navaIbase on the eclge

ofSan FrancIsco Bay.W lntersIsa craftclIstlIIeratSt. .b-

GeorgeSplrlts,whosevastworkspacehasthreeIarge l

stIIls,nurnerous tanks a bottllng IIne anctrnany cases of

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R IV ET IN G TA LE

U sing scra p sheet m etalancj po p rivets,
you can constructa m ocjel1930 s B ritish
M idgetracerthatcom bines vintage ''tether
car''styling w ith m ocjern R/C capabilities.

RaclIo control(R/C)toysarefun,butthelrplastlcboclles

are so obvlously m ass-procluced.To create som eth Ing
m ore Interestlng ,lw anteclto fIncla m etaItoy racer10
Inches or Iongerthat lcoulcltransplant som e R/C Insldes
Into.lsoon clIscovereclthatthe bestcanclIclates w ere aII
precIous coIIectIbIes.

lcleclcleclto buIIc1a rnetalbocly m yselfanclsoon stum b lecl
upon an olclhob by caIIecl''tether cars,''a type of m oclel

racerthatpreclates R/C (see slclebar,page 105).After

orclerIng bIueprInts frorn a tether carenthusIastgroup In
Englancl,lIearneclhow the olcltoys w ere rnacle,anclthen
porteclthe style to r'ny R /C project.W lth a few m odern
aclaptatlons,such as pop rlvets Insteaclofsolcler,anclcoII
sprlng shocks,lbuIIta coup le ofvlntage-style R/C cars that
w ouIclr'nake any antIque cleaIerjeaIous.H ere's r'ny Iatest.

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