Honey extractor
Doozer_not_fraggle put together an Instructable for a honey extractor made from an old washing machine. I know a lot of you keep bees – have you come up with clever ways to extract honey?
Year: 2009
How-to: Clay sweet potato ocarina
We posted about the digital ocarina that’s available for your iPhone. But what if you don’t have an iPhone? Make a traditional clay ocarina! Then again, if you don’t have a kiln it may be cheaper to just buy an iPhone. I wonder how well this would work with polymer clays like Fimo? The techniques […]
Camera hat gets you out of family tech support trauma
We’ve all had this problem before: Our parents call us up in dire need of “tech support” for their “new fangled gadgetry” that they can’t seem to figure out how to operate. I know this happens to me every month or so, or whenever I go home. In response to this, Dan O’Sullivan (co-author of […]
Arduino-controlled DAC creates the beats
This video shows a homebrew MIDI-CV box playing algorithmic acid from Max on a connected x0xb0x synched up to a Jomox drum machine with Live and Rewire connecting everything. The result is a pretty cool Arduino-controlled DAC, allowing one to send smooth (non-PWM) voltages into a 303, x0xb0x, or other voltage controlled synth. Check out […]
DIY: Cheap on-camera flash diffuser
Jason has a great write up about the advantages of using a flash diffuser and an off-camera flash. He has a bunch of great examples, and a nice tutorial at the end of his article. After seeing the results, you will want to try it out too! I’m going to talk about how to make […]
Reminder: Sewing with Nature Contest
You’re looking at the work of Resurrection Fern–just one of many entries into the Singer “Sewing with Nature” contest! You can view more entries (or hopefully add your own) in the Sewing with Nature Flickr pool. SINGER® Sewing Company and CRAFT Magazine invite all of the crafty stitchers out there to create a project inspired […]
Dreamy Vintage Sewing Advertisements
One of my all-time favorite blogs is Millie Motts, where I can browse dreamy vintage ads and other print material on an almost daily basis. There isn’t much content – just the scanned in ads from the 40s and 50s, and really that’s just about all you need. One of this week’s posts had me […]
