Free HouseWares Quilt Pattern
Fans of Lizzy House’s fun Lizzy Dish fabric patterns will love this fun and free quilt pattern download.
Month: January 2009
Power supply protection
SparkFun has a nice roundup of various power supply protection plans. It’s a great place to start learning about how to protect your prototypes from inadvertent power supply mistakes. I think most of us can recall frying at least one chip from switching polarities. Got a good story? Share it with the rest of us […]
LEGO announces new digital products
This is definitely one for the remake category. In fact, I think these have already been remade, right? I remember the LEGO Dulcimer and midi guitar, but I don’t remember a LEGO MP3 player? I think it would be a lot of fun to make a whole bunch of these types of products from old […]
LED light grow box
Cheap Vegetable Gardener is having seed starting success with a grow box that uses cheap LED Christmas lights. It looks like a nice portable system, and they reported that the seedlings seem to be getting enough light so far. More: Plant growing LEDS
EIA resistor values explained
Jeff, he of the mightyOhm, asks: Have you ever wondered why standard 5% resistors have strange values, like 330 and 470 Ohms, instead of nice round numbers like 300 or 500 Ohms? It turns out that standard resistor values form a preferred number series defined by the EIA. 5% values are part of a standard […]
Single spout portafilter holder
If you’ve ever tried to tamp espresso in a single spout portafilter, you’ll know that it tends to wobble around, due to the single, offset contact point with the surface you rest it on. CoffeeGeek forum member Juanjo Viagran shows off his ingenuity and woodworking skills with this beautiful portafilter holder.
CRAFT is in Planet Green’s Top 10 DIY Sites List
Planet Green just announced its “Top 10 Sites for Do It Yourself Projects,” and the CRAFT blog is number six!