Vise quieting mod
From the MAKE Flickr pool Member Cmorris shares a quick tip for making your vise a little quieter – just add a couple rubber o-rings. – Link Related: Make a survival hand-vise – Link
Month: March 2008
DIY doorbell(s)
From the MAKE Flickr pool Ryan made this doorbell unit with customizable melodies – My homebrew doorbell circuit. ATMEGA8 with 2 L293D push/pull driver chips running each of 12 solenoid-driven christmas bells. Songs are stored in EEPROM, and selected randomly when the doorbell is rung Ringtones aren’t just for cellphones anymore! – Link For more […]
Carbon fiber Macbook Air
John sent in a preview of his carbon fiber Macbook air! I enjoyed your macbook air monkey etching, pt, so I thought you’d like to see the first shots of my mod… a replacement carbon fiber back. I haven’t weighed it yet, but it’s definitely lighter than the stock aluminum version… and little flimsier. This […]
MAKE Flickr pool weekly roundup
From the MAKE Flickr pool This week capped off the entry period for our MAKE Flickr photo pool contest. We’ve seen a lot of great stuff! Stay tuned – we’ll be announcing the winners this week. In the meantime, check out some highlights from the past seven days: Farnea’s Audrey robots [above, bottom-left]- Link Sax-a-ma-phoooone […]
“Stories and Tales” at Artstream in Rochester, NH March 7-31
Abbey Glassenberg will be showing 12 free-standing soft sculpture birds and 2 mixed media collages at the Artstream event “Stories and Tales”, in Rochester, NH. The show runs from March 7-31 and will also feature artists Darryl Berger, Alena Hennessy, and Tara Hogan. You can see more photos at Abbey’s Flicker set here and find […]
Best of CRAFT
Here are some of my favorite posts from the CRAFT blog this week: HOW TO – Make Bacon Curls – Link. CRAFT: 06 Release Party Info – Link. UMAgurumi – Link. Bazaar Bizarre Maker Faire – Now Accepting Vendor Applications – Link. Knit Batgirl Gloves – Link.
269 Electronics – Canal street, NYC
Tucked away inside a perfume, watch luggage and fake iPod store on Canal street is “269 Electronics” – if you’re in NYC and need electronic tools at “ok” prices and selection 269 is one of the few places. They also have kits (mostly velleman kits) as well as some rare parts. Today the quest was […]
