MAKE Flickr photo pool member Life on the Edge made a bronze Rubik’s cube, impossible to solve! – “A fully functional, reproduction of a Rubik’s Cube, hand cast in white bronze. It was cast in such a way as to have even shrinkage, but an unstable and rough surface. After being cast in bronze, and […]
We are really excited about the upcoming Maker Faire! Here’s to inspiring more refashioning projects with our Maker Faire tote. Phil @ MAKE says: Lenore from Evil Mad Scientist writes – “Last year at the Maker Faire they gave away nifty canvas tote bags that have nice large handles and are a great shape and […]
Here’s a vintage bicycle headlight that has been given a touch of current LED technology… How to and more @ howtofixbikes – Link. Let there be (bike) light: Make a LED Bike light system – Link. HOW TO – Make the ultimate 18v Bike Light! – Link. Tape case bike light – Link. HOW TO […]
Hey Crafters! There’s plenty of time to enter our “Recycle Your Heart” Valentine’s Day Card Contest where you can express your true love by creating a card made from recycled materials. Yes, that’s right. It’s time to check the cabinets, find the old fabric stash, grab yesterday’s newspaper and go through the trash bin to […]
Mage2 writes – “Using a Heatgun to remove/ scavange parts from old or broken PCB. I using a old hard drive as a example. You can salvage most any surfacemount, BGA or even through hole parts using this method.” – Link. Related: Soldering and Desoldering – Link. Soldering Tutorial – Make Video Podcast – Link. […]
All Buttoned Up has a great tutorial on how to sew cute fabric boxes that can hold all your sewing trims and whatnot. I love the fabrics and the contrasting trim! Link.
Chris writes in looking for a bit of help for his dumpster procured Electone E-50 – I found this Electone E-50 in a dumpster, and it mostly works! As you can see, the pedal board is missing, but the metal tabs that allow for interfacing are still there. Anyway, I want to hack this thing […]
