Yarn-wrapped pumpkins are a staple of crafty households everywhere, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen any that are quite as lovely as this spiral rosette pumpkin from Two Shades of Pink! Check out the wrapped pumpkins and gourds tutorial on the site to learn how to recreate the rosette texture and many others on […]
Continue ReadingCal Haunts NorCal is more than a Halloween haunted house, its a hands-on space that shows others skills in foam fabrication, decorating, and animatronics that are integral to their many scare tactics. Robert Santos shows these frightening spooks and props at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011.
Continue ReadingHow do you make a walking biped robot, with only three servos? Without saying a word, Frits Lyneborg from letsmakerobots.com shows you his inventive way of doing just that!
Continue ReadingAnn of All Things Paper points us to this great tutorial from Marisa and Elias of Omiyage for making spiderweb kirigami. I love the bright colors of paper they’ve used for the webs. It would be a fun project to try with kids, and could be a fun way to decorate a Halloween party table. […]
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Sébastien Bourdeauducq of /tmp/lab and the Milkymist project scored a DIY vacuum tube, and set about testing it out. I was curious to see how well the PWL triode performed. So I made a little test to measure cathode emission and amplification. The first step was to build a variable high voltage power supply, since […]
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This is an entry from Bay Stater John Neiner in Starship Modeler’s 2007 Yellow contest. It’s built from sheet styrene with a few borrowed details from various model kits. Lots more written how-to from John on the model detail page, and some great work-in-progress shots on the Neiner family blog.
Continue ReadingNow that boot season is in full swing, nobody wants to walk around in slouchy, misshapen footwear. With this very useful boot shaper insert tutorial from Lucinda at Sew Wrong, you can keep your boot collection in tip-top condition on the cheap. Without creases and cracks from toppling over in your closet, your favorite boots […]
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