bentrinh

If you have time the pringles cantenna is a cheap way to boost your wireless network's signal by 15 feet, however, it beams one way, so pointing it to your bedroom or favorvite place is best. It can be connected to your laptop if your external wireless adapter can have a external anntana or to your wireless router

You need:
All-thread, 5 5/8" long, 1/8" OD
two nylon lock nuts
five 1" washers, 1/8" ID
6" aluminum tubing, 1/4" ID
A female N connector
1 1/2" piece of 12 gauge solid copper wire
A tall Pringles can WITHOUT chips in them (eat them)
2 Pringles can lid (buy two cans of Pringles)

Tools:
Ruler
Scissors
Pipe cutter (or hacksaw or dremel tool, in a pinch)
Heavy duty cutters (or dremel again, to cut the all-thread)
Something sharp to pierce the plastic (like an awl or a drill bit)
Hot glue gun
Soldering Iron

Steps:
1)Mark and cut four pieces of tubing, about 1.2"

2)Cut the all-thread to exactly 5 5/8", leave just enough room for the pipe, washers, and nuts.

3) Pierce a hole in the center of the Pringles can lid big enough for the all-thread to pass through

4)Cut a 3" plastic disc, just big enough to fit snugly inside the can. Use another Pringles lid, with the outer ridge trimmed off, to be ideal. Poke a hole in the center of it, and slip it over one of the lengths of pipe

5)Now, assemble the pipe. You might have to use a file or dremel tool to shave the tips of the thread, if you have trouble getting the nuts on. The pipe is a sandwich that goes on the all-thread like this

6)Tighten down the nuts to be snug, but don't overtighten, just get it snug.

7) measure 3 3/8" up from the bottom of the can. Cut a hole just big enough
for the connector to pass through between Sodium and Protein

8)Straighten the heavy copper wire, and solder it to the connector. When inside the can, the wire should be just below the midpoint of the can. You lose a few db by going longer, so cut it just shy of the middle of the can

9)use hot glue to hold the connector in place. If you have a connector that uses a compression nut and washer, and you're really careful about cutting the hole, you could use that instead.

10)insert the collector assembly into the can, and close the lid. The inside end of the pipe should NOT touch the copper element; it should be just forward of it. If it touches, your all-thread is probably too long

This is a simplier version of:
http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/448

Hollowman8904

lol you have too much time on your hands ;)

OC_Immortal

Cool Idea....perhaps some pix in a step by step to go along with it???

bentrinh

^sorry I can't do pics

Mr.N00bLaR

AHH! here it is!!! been looking for more directions on this!! nyz guide man rep 4u

flbiker

Were Is The Pics, I Cant Read!

RunningRioT

a yuban coffee can works as well. ive seen this on the old techtv when the screen savers were doing it.

MrSmiley

Heh, I tried something close to this (Pop Can) but I used copper wire... woops.

snake griffon

yeah, someone was tellin me about this, but he forgot where he saw it on the net. nice FAQ man. rep+

ShadowShaman

this is awesome lol