In an attempt to set a new speed record, a Russian racing team added two turbochargers to a Lamborghini Gallardo in order to get it to generate 2005 horsepower. Then they performed a few aerodynamic tweaks by sealing random openings with gaffers tape and lit the fuse. The car reached about 250 mph before bursting […]
While we often see DIY projects submitted for practical uses of duct tape, it is rarer to see projects done purely for the sake of aesthetic beauty. Fourgeneartionsoneroof.com has an extremely detailed step-by-step guide for flowers made out of tape of all things. A little bright tape and string can go a long way!
If you are using lots of electrical tape for a task like color coding, you might find this tape dispenser user. You start with an empty Scotch tape dispenser and replace the ridged teeth that do the cutting with a razor blade. Click here for construction details from Instructables.com.
Among the many tales that Kiss bassist Paul Stanley tells in his new book Nothin’ To Lose: The Making of KISS, is one from one of their first shows-at a high school in Edmonton in Canada. Stanley tells of the Kiss road crew taping tables together with gaffers tape to make a stage after discovering that the […]
It seems the trend of homemade boat races are taking off a bit more this fall, as we’ve covered many a duct tape regatta. This strategy is no exception to those abroad, as the International Pirates decide that the only solution is even more duct tape! Take a look at it here.
In something of a futile attempt to enforce his schools dress code, Mt. View High School (Montrose, PA) dean George Barbolish used duct tape to tempoarily cover rips in students jeans. In further action to make the dress code even more restrictive, school officials now propose to no longer allow t shirts or turtlenecks, unless […]