[Click on image to enlarge] Dave Hrynkiw, who runs Solarbotics and HVW Technologies, is our virtual Camp Counselor for “Teach Your Family to Solder” week. One of the things I love about Solarbotics’ kits is that they always have excellent, and funny, documentation. Each of these instruction booklets includes the brief soldering tutorial posted above. […]
Here’s a neat idea for a Twister bed spread. White fleece seems a bit dangerous to me, but you could always work the colored dots into a larger overall pattern or color scheme, too. Perfect for youngsters and teenagers alike, in my opinion.
I love to solder. I’ve found it to be a surprisingly relaxing and very rewarding process that opens up a world of practical and creative abilities. But before I knew the basic tips & tricks of the craft, soldering was something I only did out of pure necessity (and often with a good deal of […]
We heart pets. Animals are such rewarding companions. They are loyal, and they are cute! I am the owner of a very smooth-coated boxer, but I have a lot of love for long-haired dogs, especially ones with fluffy tails, like Sugar here. But that hair! It gets everywhere. I’ve seen it floating around like snowdrifts […]
Folks, don’t forget (or maybe you were unaware): we have an events calendar here on the site where you can submit your own happenings. We get tons of event submissions each week, for Dorkbots, Make: City events, hackerspace workshops, TechShop classes, geek festivals, science fairs, and the like — all awesome and worthy activities. We […]
June Gilbank of PlanetJune celebrates the 40th anniversary of the moon landing with this punchneedle embroidery of the moon. Learn all about the art of punchneedle embroidery with June’s new eBook, The Punchneedle Handbook which you can purchase for only $8.50 on her web site. From the site: The Punchneedle Handbook was designed to be […]
As part of his attempt at manufacturing a toaster from scratch(!), Thomas Thwaites had to figure a way to smelt his own iron (for the grill piece) – Finding ways to process the raw materials on a domestic scale is also an issue. For example, my first attempt to extract metal involved a chimney pot, […]
