Josh Leo’s Cornstarch Flamethrower
My buddy Josh Leo had some fun with cornstarch, paper, and a blowtorch. – Link
Month: October 2006
“Key Caller” speeds phone service
Neat, it’s a rotary dialer macro… Modern Mechanix 1936 – “”Key Caller” Speeds Phone Service – MAKING telephone number connections three times faster than can be done with an ordinary dial device is the work accomplished by a recent London invention. The “key caller,” as machine is called, consists of an instrument resembling a small […]
re-MADE DVD player
Drew made a crummy DVD player and some found junk into an artsy new DVD player – “This is my new DVD tinker project . I found an old radio on the sidewalk and took it home with the intention of ripping it apart and putting something else back in it . I went to […]
Circuit bending in France
GetLoFi (one of the best bend sites on the web) points to this Circuit bending workshop in France, we have a lot of French readers of the site and some subscribers, so here ya go… Circuitmaster writes – “Ana-R.org is hosting another Circuit Bending workshop in Lille, France on October 29th, 2006. The festivities will […]
CRAFT-O-Lantern
Thanks Benjamin for making a CRAFT-O-Lantern which conveniently is the flip side to the MAKE-O-Lantern! Link.
Zombies, Robots and Bears, Oh My!
Nat writes – “In honor of CRAFT magazine, Craftster.org’s Leah Kramer helped host a cool craft challenge — a call to crafters to make a zombie, robot, or bear based on our feature cover story. Here’s the winner, MariskaLovesCrafts, who made a stuffed Zombie bear. She’ll be getting a free one year subscription to CRAFT! […]
Thimble’s roundup of knit-a-costumes
The craft blog Thimble has a great roundup of costumes you can knit like this kid’s pumpkin costume from Berroco. (Why does this kid look so scared?) See all the patterns here. Link. Related: Thimble Halloween Projects – Link. Thimble Halloween Knit and Crochet Patterns – Link. Enter the MAKE & CRAFT Contests! Makers and […]