To give the Instructables community a voice in the content for The Best of Instructables, we ran a contest on the site. Users were invited to submit their projects and then the Community voted for projects they thought should be included in the book. From almost two thousand Instructables entries, here are the top 75, with the winners ranked by users’ votes. You can find quick links to all of the winners here: www.instructables.com/contest/bookcontest.
—Eric J. Wilhelm
A big Thank You to the following Instructables members who were cut from the book due to space limitations.
James Allen, Earbud Cord Wrapper (photo)
Dale Amann, How to Make Your Very Own Rainstick!
Matthew Beckler, ATX→ Lab Bench Power Supply Conversion
Benjamin Bustard, How-to-Build a 72Volt-Electric Motorcycle
Laura Cesari, Fire Skirt
Glenn Chandra, Home-Made Sun Jar
Ben Crist, Magnetic Rubik’s Dice Cube
Jérôme Demers, BeetleBot Revisited
Gary Fixler, Magnetic Acrylic Rubik’s Cube
Paul Gussack, Concrete Countertops for the Kitchen
Hunter Frerich, Paper Wallet
James Harrigan, IKEA Aquascape on the Cheap $12
David Hayward, Looty
Jonathan Hodgins, Electromagnetic Floater
Aaron Hoffman & Paul Gussack, Concrete Countertops for the Kitchen
Ineluctable, Knobby All Terrain Rubber Wallet
Paul Jehlen, Hydroponics at Home and for Beginners
Avram “AviK” Kaufman, Vespa ET4 iPod Speaker System
Kip “Kipkay” Kedersha, Laser Flashlight Hack!!
Jerome Kelty, How to Make a Cardboard Costume Helmet
LaFabricaDeCosasBonitas, Hungarian Shelves
Ken Lloyd, Hidden Door Bookshelf
Gilad Lotan, DIY Touch Sensor
Greg Madison, How to Make a TRON Style Lamp: The MADYLIGHT
Nicole Magne, Six-armed-Hindu-Goddess-Kali-Costume
Jonathan Mayer, 60-Minute Bookcase
Stuart Mcfarlan, How to Make a Three Axis CNC Machine
Brano Meres, How I Built a Carbon Bike Frame at Home…
Travis Odegard, Build a Tetris DVD or Bookshelf
Billy Robb, Solar Heater
David Rogers, Iron Man Helmet
Michael Roybal, Conductive Fabric: Make Flexible Circuits Using an Inkjet Printer.
Brian Sawyer, Handbound Book
Jim Shealy, The Stirling Engine
Star Simpson, Build a Microwave Transformer Homemade Welder
Neel Sutton, Theater-Effects—Lacerations
Alyson Vega, NoSew USB Electronics Organizer
Sam Wirshup, aka imanalchemist, Floppy Disk Bag