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DIY Automatic Pan/Tilt Rig For Perfect Panoramas

Aug 17, 2015 by Tiffany Mueller Add Comment
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Okay all you makers and DIYers, here’s a little project from Jason Poel Smith, over at Make, that shows you how to build an automatic pan/tilt rig for your camera to help capture panoramic photographs.. The build is “made from three metal frames and three servo motors” and allows the rig to be mounted on your existing tripod. Smith rates the build as “Moderate” difficulty, you’ll need to be comfortable doing some basic wiring. [Read More…]

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DIY 7,500 Lumens 100W LED Flashlight That Only Costs About $10 To Build

May 20, 2015 by Tiffany Mueller 8 Comments
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Ready for the latest installment of a DIY lighting project? Assuming you have a couple 18V Nickel Cadmium power tool batteries laying around, as I suspect many of you DIYers do, you can build this powerful flashlight on the cheap. Plus, aside from being  inexpensive to build and it’s also surprisingly simple to make.

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