Sean Michael Ragan
Sean Michael Ragan’s ancestors have been using tools for 5,000 generations. Also he went to college ’n’ stuff.Recent Blog Posts
That’s a Wrap!
The lights are out, the doors are locked, the diet coke is all mopped up or washed away, and the curtain has come down on the eighth annual Bay Area Maker Faire.
Autodesk, MakerBot Join Forces
MakerBot and Autodesk, who are sharing a booth this weekend at Maker Faire Bay Area 2013, just announced a partnership deal involving the Replicator 2 and Autodesk's 123D suite. Folks who purchase subscriptions to Autodesk's 123D tools get a discount towards the purchase of a Rep2, and Autodesk has become an authorized reseller of the popular 3D printer. The "Autodesk edition" Replicator 2 also features custom face- and buildplates. Deets at Autodesk's 123D site, below. Read the full article on…
Maker Faire Bay Area 2013 is Open!
Come one, come all. The original Maker Faire Bigtop has thrown open its flaps! Cue up the circuit-bent marching bands, switch on the robo-clowns, rev up the art cars. It’s time for Maker Faire!
Bunnie’s Form 1 Printer Teardown
Andrew "bunnie" Huang backed Formlabs' 2012 Kickstarter for the Form 1 liquid resin (SLA) printer and just scored a pre-release beta unit through his connect with Neoteny Labs.vAnd, naturally, the first thing he did was tear it apart.
The Inside Angle on DIWire
Pensa is a twelve-member NY-based design consultancy founded in 2005 by Marco Perry and Kathy Larchian. They’ve done product design work with major brands like OXO and Samsung mobile, and first appeared on our radar back in May of last year, when they first announced plans to develop a low-cost, […]
MAKE Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
This week in the MAKE Flickr pool we saw...
Skill Builder — CNC Panel Joinery
A guide to making interlocking, self-aligning, and demountable joints in flat stock.
HYREL 3D Printers
Daniel Hutchinson of Alpharetta, GA, is the front man for Atlanta-based HYREL 3D, a startup launched in November through a highly successful Kickstarter campaign. The idea behind their HighlY-RELiable 3D printer design is to provide an open-platform fused-filament system that does not cost as much as "industrial" machines, but requires less assembly and maintenance time than kit-based machines.
MAKE Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
This week in the MAKE Flickr pool we saw...
Seventeen Sneaky Secret Hides
To celebrate the publication of my little Door-Top Stash project in MAKE Vol 34, I've rounded up a pseudorandom smattering of some of my favorite secret-stash posts from our online archives. Some of these link to MAKE page, some like to outside content, and some (in a few cases where outside links have died) don't link anywhere, and are just included for inspiration. The sneaky state-of-the-art is always advancing—hopefully you'll see something here that drives you to new depths of deviousness…
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Label-Etch a Glass Bottle
Here's a simple trick I discovered for etching designs on glass bottles using the bottle's label as a built-in resist.
In
123
from MAKE:
32: Design for Makers page 157
Made in Sector Zero-Zero-One
Barry Shields' Starship Enterprise coffee table was built over a month of nights and weekends and garnered praise from Star Trek luminaries Rod Roddenberry and George Takai.
In
Made on Earth
from MAKE:
31: Punk Science page 24
Home Perfumery
Build a still to extract the scent from rosemary, lavender, mint, eucalyptus, and other scented flora. Then use the oil you collect to add scent to things like soap, lotion, or even your bathwater!
In
Crafts
from MAKE:
schoolsout: School's Out page 44
Mighty Mini Men of Metal
Working primarily with a lathe and a milling machine, using a number of custom fixtures of his own design and construction, Mark Ho spent more than six years refining the design of his articulated metal armature before fixing it, in 2005, as "Zoho Artform No. 1."
In
Made on Earth
from MAKE:
30: Smarter Homes page 22
Stain PVC Any Color
PVC pipe is great, but it's kinda ugly – it only comes in white, gray, sometimes black, and clear. Learn how to stain it any color you'd like!
In
123
from MAKE:
30: Smarter Homes page 117
Pipe Dreams
Dasparkhotel is a pay-what-you-want travel lodge with five rooms, each built from a 20,000-pound section of 7-foot-diameter concrete drain pipe.
In
Made on Earth
from MAKE:
29: DIY Superhuman page 21
Extract Essential Oils and Fragrances
Extract fragrances from your favorite plants, using steam.
In
DIY: Home
from MAKE:
22: Remote Control / Wireless page 135
Toolbox
A simply great calculator, laundry alternatives, a look at music, and the 3D camera you’ve been waiting for.
In
Toolbox
from MAKE:
21: Desktop Manufacturing page 152
Toolbox
Titanium nail puller, autonomous blimp kit, Mad Science, and extra heavy duty screwdrivers.
In
Toolbox
from MAKE:
19: Robots page 156
