XenonJohn recreates a portable audio player from an alternate timeline – This is an admittedly mad project to see what might have happened if Sony had invented the Walkman earlier than they did – and made it so it took 8 track tape cartridges (which came before cassette tapes were invented). In other words, can […]
My first soldering iron was the kind that our camp counselor, Dave Hrynkiw, recommends we never use. You know the kind, it comes in a $10 kit and barely works. The reality is, a lot of people find one on these irons in the bottom of their toolbox and start their soldering careers with it. […]
These massive crochet mandalas from artist, Xenobia Bailey, have left me breathless. They are part of an exhibit of Bailey’s work at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Originally from Seattle, Washington, and now living in Harlem, New York, Xenobia Bailey brings African American roots music into visual terms with vibrant room-sized […]
Looking to build a motorized POV display, UncleBone made use of a certain rotary mechanism he already had on hand – Seeing so many persistence of vision ideas on the web was too tempting not to try one. After considering several different motors to drive a display, a ceiling fan seemed to run at just […]
Amazing! Thomas Thwaites created this handmade toaster from 100% raw materials, most of which he mined from the earth himself – even smelting the iron ore via microwave. The project’s description from the Royal College of Art’s Design Interactions Show – For nine months I’ve been trying to make an electric toaster, myself, starting from […]
Back in December, we posted a piece about Lucas, a six-year-old who’d learned how to solder and made a battery-powered guitar amp for his grandmother for Christmas. Six might be a little young for most kids to handle a soldering iron, but each person is obviously different (and you likely know what your kids can/cannot […]
Riley Harmon sent us a link to this really simple kitchen island, made from “A baker’s rack, a solid core door ripped in half, some pipe and flanges, a curtain rod, some casters, some stain, and a little elbow grease.” How To: Build an Island
