Our sincerest apologies to all of you who have already pre-ordered the MAKE Controller Kit and are being affected by its delayed release. The issue lies with an announcement from the manufacturer that one of the crucial capabilities of the chip was possibly no longer available. At one point they said it might work, but […]
Here’s how to build your own one-person submarine, from Modern Mechanix 1933 – “Take Thrilling Underwater Cruise in ONE-MAN SUB. YOU get all the keen thrills of deep-sea diving and underwater cruising in this one-man submarine. Towed by a motor-boat, the novel craft will take you down to a depth of at least 30 feet, […]
Tim shows how to turn an old refrigerant can into an air can – “Nice for filling up air mattresses, bike tires, blowing dust out of your computer, etc etc. This is a useful thing to have. If you ever get your car stuck in soft sand, snow, or mud, there’s an easy way to […]
I really like these DIY “over” shoes from artist Eelko Moorer. [via] – Link.
MAKE Flickr photo pool member ThePhoton is still hard at work on the Nixie clock, here is the latest, the case – Link. Bonus, here’s a video of it in action – Link (Divx).
ZapWizard writes – “I wanted to make a PC with a rustic look. It needed to look good in the living room without screaming “I’m a PC!” or looking like a disco jukebox full of lights. I had lots of wood left over from the Redwood PC mod, it is very pretty wood and a […]
Simon writes – “Inspired by several other mad scientist lamps featured in the Make blog previously I made my own version using an old analogue meter and a vernier dial as a dimmer control. There isn’t a huge amount of detail on the site I am afraid since these things seem to follow a ‘make […]
