What goes better with a Cigar Box Guitar (MAKE Volume 04) than a Cracker Box Amp? Author Ed Vogel presented us this project in MAKE Volume 09 for just that reason. It’s like chocolate and peanut butter, really. Ed linked up with Blind Lightnin’ Pete, who shared the design for the amp and let Ed […]
Cory’s recent column, titled “If you can’t open government, you don’t own it”, didn’t agree with a reader. So he ripped out the page from the magazine, wrote his farewell message below and sent it to us in a nice, old-fashioned letter. Well, we opened it and now we own it. View offended/offending letter UPDATE: […]
Folks looking for a little tube time with the new SlingPlayer iPhone app whilst bounding about outside of their Wi-Fi comfort zone can breathe easy again.
I’m all bouncy for Hugh Hayden’s tennis ball chair featured on Inhabitots. Just think fun it would be to make accompanying accessories? Tennis ball side table – hmm..that may not work. Since my tennis racquet is collecting dust in the closet, I love this idea of using tennis balls for more than just playing around. […]
Instructables user aressa made a nice tutorial for this attractive wire-wrapped ring. It calls for a ring mandrel, but you could also use an appropriately sized wooden dowel or metal rod scrap.
Over in the Steampunk Workshop, Jake von Slatt has posted pics of a Wimshurst Influence Machine built by a MAKE reader, following Jake’s project piece in Volume 17. Nice job, Scott! He built his with more sectors on the disks, to make it even more zaptastic. Scott’s Wimshurst Machine! From MAKE magazine: Check out MAKE, […]
I love this list of 100 Ideas to Spark You Into Creative Action from iHanna. When I’m feeling in a rut, it’s things like this that help me bust right out of it. Some of my favorite ideas on the list are making a cool inspiration board and embroidering something without a plan. This is […]
