Our friends at the National Assocation of Manufacturers posted up a couple “How beer is made” videos, one you can follow along and do yourself from Sam Adams and the other, from Anheuser-Busch [via] – homebrew & Bud. Related: Open source beer – Link. “Mr. Beer” DIY Brewing Kit – $27 shipped – Link. Make […]
It struck me like a bolt of lightning when I was reading the new CRAFT magazine: I could make a programmable LED pumpkin! Watch the video to learn how to do it and get inspired to get some LEDs blinking in your pumpkin! I still have a lot to learn about how to program it, […]
For this project, I modified the idea out of Craft: magazine and so I’ve include the article from that magazine as a downloadable pdf to print out and guide you on this project. I made a few changes. I used regular LEDs instead of the teeny tiny surface mount ones. I used Lexan/ Polycarbonate for […]
Wow, *this* is a welding project – turning a 197 Beetle into a trike, a 1303 model with independent rear suspension, build photos and more here… – Link. Related: Maker made transportation projects – Link.
I can’t believe I am posting this but who would have known that this scary bat is actually made out of tampons? From the Tampon Crafts site, you’ll also a find project to make a tampon ghost as well as lots of other things you never thought you could make with tampons. Link.
The Propmaster has an extremely detailed 18 page Word doc on making your own scissor prop Halloween gadget that jumps out at your guests. It’s operated using a sprinkler valve… [via] – Link. Related: MAKE Halloween projects – Link. MAKE Halloween archives – Link.
Flickr has just recently announced Moo cards, mini calling cards that display any photos of your choice in your flickr account. Thank you Gordon McLean who points us to meish.org, where Meg shows us how to make cool looking photo magnets in this awesome tutorial. Link.
