Build your own Burrito Blaster We hope this series inspires people all over the country to tinker, build, repair, or invent. To help make that happen, Make: television is happy to provide DVDs for those willing to screen episodes in a meet up or classroom of their own! We’ll send you a DVD with the […]
How to make cheap wine taste like a fine vintage… Maybe a DIY project, I see no problems with electrified wine from China, really… They pumped the wine through a pipe that ran between two titanium electrodes, fed with a mains-frequency alternating supply boosted to a higher voltage. For the test wine, the team selected […]
Sarah of Handmade Homeschool shares a recipe for making sugarplums. Finally! I can explain to my kids what sugarplums are when we read, “The Night Before Christmas.” Bonus: they are actually healthy snacks!
Ken found one more good use for unwanted discs – Oh what to do with CDรขโฌโขs, some blinking lights and a hot glue gun. Why make a holiday tree (the politically correct term). After sending out an E-mail to all of my fellows instructors for their dead cdรขโฌโขs. I received over 100 in interoffice mail. […]
How about that? Tomy’s i-SOBOT, which the company just discontinued, was named Robot of the Year in Japan (by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) . Judges awarded this year’s Grand Prize to i-SOBOT due to its advanced technology, its high entertainment value, and its reasonable price of under 30,000 yen (around $300). […]
Michelle @ CRAFT writes: Renee of The Domestic Scientist made this Space Invaders cross-stitched guitar strap for her husband… his guitar is next for modding. 8-bit game graphics make great cross-stitch pattern because they have a very similar resolution. Keep that in mind for creating unique cross-stitch patterns for your crafty friends and family!
I caught up with Shelly Hatton at Maker Faire Austin, where she was demonstrating antique circular sock knitting machines! Download the MP4 Video or HD Version | Subscribe to CRAFT in iTunes | mov | 3g2 Circular sock machines have been around since the early 1900’s and were built so sturdily that they still survive […]
