Nickp writes – “The US military have a number of excellent manuals for the use of their machinists — and the text is public domain. Your tax dollars at work! I’ve prepared some single-file PDF’s which are a bit easier to deal with than the more usual single-chapter-per-file setup. “ – Link.
TangMu writes “Recycle your used drinks cans into potential fire hazards!! A modern take on the paper lantern… now even shinier” – You will need: Any size or shape of drinks can (Preferably unopened as of yet as we need the flat top to balance the tea light on) Something to put said contents of […]
Here’s a fun Instructable on how to make dixie cup spherical dodecahedrons – “The Dixiesphere is composed of twenty spherical-hexagonal 7-cup modular units, which you will construct first. Each hexagonal modular unit consists of seven cups hot-glued together such that one central cup is surrounded tangentially by six more cups. (The spaces between cups will […]
Max (pictured here) is learning how to solder with the night popper robot kit, if you’re looking to teach your little Makers at home soldering and electronics, might be a good one to check out. Keep up the good work Max! – “The Night Popper waits until it gets dark and then it starts its […]
Great collection of instructions from the ATLAS of Plucked Instruments – “The ramkie is the famous “blik kitaar” from Southern Africa; a home made guitar, using an empty oilcan for the body. The wooden neck is sometimes stuck all the way through the can; sometimes it is fixed to a wooden “lid” on the top. […]
Wire is in this summer for anything jewelry related. Why not crochet yourself a pair of earrings? Stitch Diva Studios has this pattern for sale featuring 9 different styles of earrings. They also have a really complete tutorial on their site on how to work with wire, from the basics all the way to knitting […]
Jessica writes – “I came up with this idea after reading a previous Make post about another Canon project…I went out and bought a photoresistor and a relay, and after a few minutes with the soldiering iron, I had built myself a light activated shutter release. I then rigged up the following “studio”, and proceeded […]
