LIVE from the New York Comic Con – Photos from the New York Comic Con 2009
Here are my photos from the NYC Comic con 2009… I’ll be doing individual posts later, for now enjoy the show!
Year: 2009
Watchmaking: how to make a balance staff
In my fantasies I’d like to be a watchmaker or clockwork toy builder. In reality, I don’t have the patience, skills, or precision. Jordan Peter does. On his watchmaking blog Jordan discusses the minutia of watch repair and watch making. This entry is about making a balance staff from scratch: The watch is a Paul […]
MAKE: television Episode 6 – Music Machines & Trebuchet
Enter the plugged-in world of Tim Kaiser, a maker who fashions experimental musical instruments from scavenged objects. In the Workshop John Park assembles a portable trebuchet from plastic plumbing pipe, and circuit bender Bianca Pettis demystifies the art of soldering. The Maker Channel presents a Smash Bat that snaps moment-of-impact photos, a drum synthesizer played […]
DadCraft Explores Raising Confident, Creative, Daring Kids
Dude Craft, a blog dedicated to sharing a male perspective on all things crafty, has a new guest blogger who’s bringing a parenting perspective to readers. Jon Davies explains in his first post that while he knew he had the “dad” part down, he started to flounder a bit when it came to the “craft” […]
Inside the Boudoir Queen Showroom
Etsy has launched a new video series, “There’s No Place Like Here…” and their premiere episode features Boudoir Queen. From the site: BoudoirQueen is a shop that inspires the imagination, so we decided to step into Dawn Younger-Smith’s world to see what inspires her. Dawn has lined her Austin, Texas showroom with her collection of […]
Maker Profile – Music Machines on Make: television
Enter the plugged-in world of Tim Kaiser, a maker who creates experimental musical instruments from scavenged objects. Tim seeks out unique sounds everywhere he goes plucking chimes out of grandfather clocks and jingle mechanisms from children’s toys. And he doesn’t stop there – his electronic instruments have to look cool, too. So, Tim houses them […]
Maker Workshop – Portable Trebuchet on Make: television
What’s it like to have a five-foot long throwing arm? Just watch as John Park builds a portable trebuchet that can fling water balloons fifty yards. Unlike Medieval trebuchets that were constructed out of giant timbers and stout materials, this human-powered version is made out of cheap, easy-to-assemble ABS plumbing pipe. The perfect weapon for […]