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The Power of Bondo: A Comprehensive Tutorial

Joe L — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:38:06 +0000

Although Bondo was created for cosmetic repair of dents in cars, the fact that it’s easily malleable and dries rock hard makes it perfect for custom case mods, rock climbing, cement repair, LED Guitar Hero buttons, and much, much more. Learn it all! Want to be notified of more awesome articles like this one Subscribe to stay updated!

Bondo Basics: Everything You Need to Know

Before you use bondo to make Mario pop out of your Wii (below), you must first learn the basics of bondo usage. Here and here are a few quick, simple tutorials that demonstrate how to mix Bondo to make custom colors. Here is someone’s first experience with Bondo and a few Do’s and Dont’s. And finally, we have a comprehensive guide from prep work to completion for any Bondo project.

Bondo Use #1: Custom Case Mods

So, you’ve got a Wii, but it’s just so…WHITE. One man took his love for NES’ Super Mario Bros. 3 and customized his Wii based on the game’s internationally recognizable backgrounds. Also, learn to create custom sculptures using Bondo. The tutorial also walks you though adding another USB port and creating portal tubes to hold your Wiimote.

2. Cement and Asphalt Repair

The video above shows a skater repairing a crack in cement that’s hindering his shredding skill. He shows an incredibly easy and quick way to seal a crack using duct tape, bondo, and a scraper.

3. Fiber Glass Mold Making and Repair

This site is a Bondo lover’s dream. It has hours of mold making projects and guides to help you master the power of bondo. For example, just take a look at this sweet Cobra helicoptper ceiling fan.

4. Translucent Guitar Hero Key Molding

Guitar Hero rocks, but it really needs some lights to liven up the virtual shredding. What to do Cram in some LEDs! For a more Bondo specific tutorial, learn to create the translucent keys. “I recently modded a Guitar Hero controller and I’m going to show you how to create duplicates of your GH Controller keys in frosted clear plastic.”

5. Miscellaneous Uses: Car Repair, Rock Climbing Grips

As you’ve hopefully noticed out by now, Bondo is incredibly versile and its uses are limitless. Take for example how to make custom rock climbing hand holds (left image) or how to fix rust spots on your car (which was Bondo’s original purpose). So whatever power of Bondo you choose to harness, good look on your quest and be sure to send us your projects.

DIY Football Hero Using the Arduino

Joe L — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:56:54 +0000

We’ve seen plenty of guitar hero projects and even a laser harp hero, but now we have a football hero (Soccer for us Americans). Made for the music industry, the director pulled together a team of DIYers and football players to make the game a reality. Using some piezo sensors to detect impact vibrations using the Arduino, he projected the game on a warehouse wall to play.

More details on the project’s background can be found in this video. Not too much detail of the project such as source code is available, but setting up piezo’s with an Arduino is pretty straightforward. Check out some of our other Arduino projects below:

DIY Multi-Room Wireless Music Remote

Joe L — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:26:37 +0000

With the help of some external hardware and a handheld wireless device such as an iPhone or iPod touch, you can build your own wireless music remote. It’s a bit spendy if you don’t already have an Iphone/iTouch and a router, but there’s a step by step tutorial to guide you through the setup build.

Part’s you’ll need:

iPhone or iPod touch: $199 (8GB iPhone minus wireless costs) or $299 (8GB touch)
Linksys WRT54GL Wireless Router: $50 (not the only supported router; see below)
Headphone-to-RCA Cable: $2 (local RadioShack)

We have plenty of other iPhone and Audio projects. Don’t miss out:

New Inventory in our DIY Projects Store

Joe L — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:31:38 +0000

Along with our already outstanding selection and low prices, we’ve added even more gadgets to our DIY projects store.Â� From LEDs, to case cooling, PSP cases, sling shots, camera tripods, servo motors, batteries, magnets…We carry it all!Â� Check out some of our newest items:

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Nintendo DS Guitar Hero controller – $11.19
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HacknMod Christmas Giveaway: Free Shirts, Stickers & Project Supplies

Joe L — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 02:49:39 +0000

**Update** Contest has ended – Thanks to everyone who entered. Merry Christmas!

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Rocker Scale Measures how Hard You Rock

Joe L — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:12:22 +0000

As you rock out with Guitar Hero or Rock Band, build a Rockerscale which using your crowd’s volume level, movement, etc. to measures how much you rock.Â� The project was created by the BBC and is fully documented on their website.Â� By the way, it uses the Arduino, of course.

Rock Band Hacks:

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DIY Custom Guitar Hero Keyboard & Drum Controllers

Joe L — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:51:56 +0000

After fatally injuring his middle finger in an epic guitar hero battle, this hacker decided to build new, custom midi controllers for the game.Â� Included are a midi keyboard and drum set which work both on rock band and guitar hero.Â� The software, full tutorial and video demos are avaliable.

Custom Guitar Hero Faceplates

Joe L — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:02:55 +0000

Everyone loves Guitar Hero. Unfortunately, the faceplates are currently unavailable to be purchased. So we’re stuck with the painful pure white. Recently I decided to take care of this problem and designed my own cover to my controller. Here’s how I destroyed the blank canvas.

Guitar Hero LED Button Mod

Joe L — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:50:27 +0000

Guitar Hero rocks, but it really needs some lights to liven up the virtual shredding. What to do Cram in some LEDs!

Make your own Guitar Hero 2 Songs

Joe L — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:17:27 +0000

It should be idiot proof, because i can do it. Play along to any song you’d like in Guitar Hero for the PS2.