Jon Udell has posted an informative piece for anyone considering installing a wood gasification boiler; he gets into everything from dealing with local regulations to installing the unit: By now it was November and the boiler was still sitting in the garage. The next hurdle, which gave me a few sleepless nights, was moving this […]
Here is another new kit available in the Maker Shed today. It’s the perfect way to get started soldering. The new deluxe kit includes the demo board, a soldering iron, and wire cutters. Everything you need to get started. Soldering skills rusty or non-existent? This deluxe version of the Solder Practice kit comes with 30W […]
Innovation Wednesday has created simple charging stands for both the G1 and iPhone that support two different viewing angles. At $5.99, some people won’t think twice about picking one up, but I bet some of of you are already thinking about creative variations on these designs. Innovation Wednesday: the G1 Stand Innovation Wednesday: the iPhone […]
About a week ago, Claire from Poopscape posted a teaser picture of a project in progress to her Flickr stream. There were some hints and guesses for papier-mâché, and when her tutorial went up it was better than most papier-mâché projects I’ve seen around. She’s created these fantastic faux bois containers from mostly recycled materials. […]
Wow! Hannah Perner-Wilson made this really avant-garde neck-stroking wearable electronic feather device, and made a how-to on Instructables.
New kit in the Shed today gang – The Arduino controlled servo robot kit is a great kit that includes everything you need to begin experimenting with robots, Arduino micro-controllers and open source hardware. Solder-free & ready to run out of the box. Features: Fully programmable using the optional Arduino Duemilanove micro-controller. (an open source […]
I absolutely love this 1940s factory promo film from RCA , describing how they make metal-can octal base vacuum tubes. Check out the all-American family in the living room, huddled around the radio, dad in 3-piece, reading the paper, mom sewing, little Timmy and Janey player checkers on the floor. Gee willikers! [Sent to us […]
