How phonographs records are made, Popular Science 1947 – “THE silent black disk that makes noises when needled is chiefly shellac, lampblack and limestone. In its manufacture, however, pure gold, wax, glass, copper, nickel and sometimes chromium are used by the craftsmen who operate the intricate and delicate machines that squeeze sound into a scratch. […]
Gruaqt shows you how to make these “fire starters” from laundry lint for kicking up the flame for your fireplace… – “The firestarters can be used to start a fire in a fireplace, or when you are out camping or have a small bonfire in the backyard. The four items that you need to buy […]
MAKE Flickr photo member CTB made a MAKE workbench, check out the photos! – Link. Go MAKE a bench: Weekend Projects – Make a Workbench – Link. DIY Refrigerator workbench – Link. Workbench plans – made with Sketchup – Link. MAKE, er MADE a work bench – Link. Workbench! – Link. Workbench – made – […]
Here’s a good series of books that our Makers send in from time to time for learning electronics (got others you enjoy? post in the comments) – Begin With the Basics – Learn about static electricity and how to make magnets and solenoids. Find out about direct current and alternating current. Then learn about electrical […]
Here’s a quick screencast I did to show what a 3D PDF is – in last week’s Weekend Project Bre showed you how to make an awesome spud gun – in the special PDF we sent out (RSS 2.0 / iTunes) you could also interact with the spud gun model in 3D. MAKE worked with […]
If you have a paralelle port and make this ADC converter, you can have an oscilloscope – ” ScopeOnPC is a software that uses the PC parallel port and an ADC (Analog To Digital converter) circuit to turn your PC into a full featured oscilloscope” Sampling Rate 100K Samples per second -5 V To +5V […]
I really like this DIY jukebox from student @ the Physical Computing class at the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) / NYU – “Welcome to the iTunes Jukebox, a cartridge-based physical interface to iTunes. Using the iTunes Jukebox, during a party you can play your mp3s remotely instead of being chained to your computer. The jukebox […]
