Brian writes – “I’m looking for a good simple tutorial on welding. My local Northern Tool has a cheap Schumacher 70 amp welder for $99, and I figured I’d pick up that, a mask and some rods, and teach myself how to weld (or re-learn, since I allegedly learned how in 7th grade shop class, […]
We are all nerds at heart so why shouldn’t our socks reflect that? These knit patterns created by Alison Hansel for Magknits shows two cool patterns – Atari Breakout and the Apple logo. A great gift to make this holiday season for the techie in your life, even if that’s yourself! Link.
DoveP writes – “This instructable will show you how to make your own solar battery charger from very simple components. It is taken from my documentation provided with a kit I supply – you should easily be able to source the same components yourself of course.” – Link. Related: The Solar Powered Coffee Roaster – […]
Calling all Knitters and Crocheters! Here’s a note from artist Kristina Wong: Got an old knitting project that you don’t plan to ever finish? Half done socks? Five inches of a scarf? Now they can be part of a touring theater piece! Help performer Kristina Wong demystify the knitting circle and unravel the deep psyche […]
And the winners are in! See all the winners of this month’s Whiplash Alt Craft contest over at Whip Up. This months contest caused a bit of debate as to the notion of alt crafting, read on for Kathreen’s thoughts. Shown here is a felted rocket by brain smatter and completely cactus’ cow necklace. I […]
The Real Elliot writes – “Got some scavenged stepper motors from printers/disk drives/etc lying around? Some probing with an ohmeter, followed by some simple driver code on your microprocessor and you’ll be stepping in style.” – Link. Related: GPL AVR USB – Link. Getting started with AVR microprocessors on the cheap – Link. HOW TO […]
Julian writes – “Flickr Photos of a completed “No Weld” recumbent. I always wanted a recumbent but didn’t want to pay the money. I built this “No Weld Recumbent” from bits found via the local FreeCycle mailing list and the local dumps and recycling centres. It’s taken about 4 weeks of weekends.” – Link. Related: […]
