Russian photographer Alexey Kljatov managed to use about the ugliest tape job we’ve ever seen to create some stunning images of snow flakes. Kljatov taped a vintage Russian camera lens to his Canon powershot camera, tied the whole thing together with a stick, and made macro images of snowflakes that are absolutely stunning. Click here […]
Huffington Post blogger Anna Friel tells readers that on a recent trip to Uganda, she used gaffers tape to tape her pants to her boots to keep fire ants from crawling up her legs. You can read more about her adventures if you click here.
Duct tape is sold in an informal set of grades, to give users some idea of the quality and performance characteristics. The three grades are “basic”, “utility” and “nuclear”, with basic being the least expensive garden variety on home improvement store shelves. Utility grade is the most useful and can be found in most workers […]
Duct tape is useful for lots of things, but it appears that sealing ducts is not one of them. The natural rubber adhesive in duct tape tends to dry out and lose its stickiness over time, and constant changes in humidity and temperature accelerate this process. A flexible adhesive called “mastic” used by HVAC pros […]
NASA is moving forward with plans to put 3D printers in space. The idea here is that, rather than carrying tons of spare parts and tools, astronauts would be able to actually make spare parts when they need them. Discussions of making repairs “on the fly” in space almost always reference the 1970 Apollo flight […]
Richard O’Brien’s 330 lb. pumpkin would have never made it to the scales without an assist from gaffers tape. O’brien used tape to create a “Band Aid” to patch up the squash after the stem split. The fix worked and the British man was able to make his monster the center of a Halloween display. […]
On the day after Boston clinched the 2013 World Series, an article in theKitsap Sun reveals that one of the ways players come up with the perfect bat is to take several bats which have features they like and saw them up to assemble the perfect stick, holding the pieces together temporarily with duct tape. […]
When Pascale Honore, an Australian woman, was paralyzed in an accident, she was no longer able to participate in outdoor activities with her sons. All that changed when her son’s friends actually duct taped Ms. Honore to his back and hit the waves. The adventure was captured in the documentary Duct Tape Surfing.
We recently came across an interesting article regarding doing night photography. When we say “night”, we really mean “night”, as in total darkness. The secret to successfully working in this environment is to make all the necessary camera settings before venturing out, while you can still see what you are doing. Once everything is in […]
Sometimes, living amenities can be less than ideal, and you’ll have to make do with what you have. Need to do some quick fixes around the dorm? The Rotunda has a quick primer as well as some examples for how a roll of duct tape can fix just about any problem. Some great tips here. […]