anKo writes – “I’m teaching myself to weld… I picked up the ARC welder this morning and completed the minimal assembly required. I named him “Sparky”. It was either that or “Dr. threat-O-death”. I spent a solid 20 minutes outside practicing sparking an ARC. I think that’s what it’s called. Not easy for a first […]
Here are a bunch of free pumpkin patterns/stencils from “The Pumpkin Lady” – Thanks Pumpkin Lady! – Link. Related pumpkining…: MAKE Halloween projects – Link. MAKE Halloween archives – Link. Enter the MAKE & CRAFT Contests! Makers and Crafters, it’s time to enter our ghoulishly fun Halloween contests! Anyone, anywhere can enter, and depending on […]
By Arwen O’Reilly Stuffy Skeleton http://www.etsy.com/view_item.php?listing_id=468461 Tara Fortin’s frolicks with fabric continually delight me. I adore her stuffy skeleton (white fleece carefully appliqued on black), and her skeleton-printed fabrics are used in everything from charming totes to surprisingly cute pillows. Her world seems to be populated with wonderful and unusual creatures, too, like her almost […]
Travis @ Gizmodo reviewed a cool flash based Nintendo DS media player (it seems to load games fine too), this might be the device I’ve been waiting for to run all sorts of weird .NDS files (easily)… He writes – “I got my hands on the DS-Xtreme media enhancer for the Nintendo DS and DS […]
Chuck sent in some gems from “The Week in Tools”… – “This week we checked out some beautiful handmade French rasps that transcend functionality to become art. (Their irregularly cut and spaced teeth cut better, too.) If you have a grinder in your shop, you could probably use a tool rest, which helps you control […]
Mia of One Hour Craft has a great tutorial on how to make mini food out of polymer clay. Check out her list of really inspiring links on making tiny polymer clay food jewelry. Link.
Rad, Quiet Earth has a good how-to on listening in to what’s going on over USB, great for reverse engineering weird USB doo-dads… – “This is intended to be a howto to debug usb transactions under linux, or simply to reverse engineer propietary usb stuff. If you need to reverse engineer a windows only usb […]
