Alan from Hackedgadgets alerted me to an ebay auction for a lot of old science and engineering magazines, there was a little time left and with my self-imposed budget of under $20 here’s the auction I won, $9.50! – Link. The folks who sell them still have some auctions, so now that I picked up […]
Clive makes amazing insects, he writes – “I enjoy creating artistic and realistic flies, which are not designed primarily for fishing, just having fun trying to imitate insects and striving to make them look as alive as possible. Some of these flies have been acquired by collectors and placed on display, others used for product […]
If you thought the Worldchanging book was big… Check out this one, it’s huge, 133 lbs! “According to Guinness World Records, at over five by seven feet (and 133 pounds), this staggeringly beautiful photographic book is the largest published book in the world–about one of the world’s smallest countries. Bhutan is the last intact Himalayan […]
Theo Kamecke makes incredible sculptures and furniture that seems to use a lot of copper etching you’d normally see in circuits as surfaces – Gould mothership, thanks Ty! – Link.
This weekend, you’ll learn how to make a Minty Boost usb charger and a Daisy mp3 player. After you put these together you can put them into customized cases. I made my charger fit into a plastic dinosaur! Then I soldered up my Daisy MP3 player and put it into a laser tag case, complete […]
The Minty Boost Kit is a super first soldering project. It’s perfect for beginners because its got just a few parts and is something that’s practical. People who have had a lot of experience with soldering will be able to whip this up in no time flat. I’ve made two. The first one took me […]
MAKE pal Radiorental has a handy knife-storing how-to, he writes – “My girlfriend is always leaving knives around on the counter. I have a habbit of finding accidents waiting to happen. I thought I’d do us both a favour and build a knife block before the xmas turkey needs carving, something that was going to […]
