For all you fiber + art lovers in the Bay Area, CRAFT friend Ashley Helvey has a event coming up on Tuesday, May 12th at the August gallery in Oakland that you won’t want to miss! “Sheep and Weeds” is a collaboration between Ashley Helvey and Sasha Duerr, natural dyer and textile educator who teaches […]
[Image from Howtopedia] The Treadle Pump design is very simple and effective at helping people to bring water to their crops. Treadle Pump is a foot operated water lifting device that can irrigate small plots of land of small holders in regions that have higher water table (not deeper than 25 feet) A low cost […]
Alan Parekh, of HackedGadgets, writes Daniel Eindhoven sent in his latest creation, this is one killer looking coil gun! “Fully semi-automatic, up to 14 shots. Capable of delivering over 18J kinetic energy, and speeds up to 110km/h! (42 gram projectiles). It’s a single stage gun, using a 8800uF(4×2200) capacitor bank with max 400v (704J). Max […]
The fabulously retro Cathy Callahan is no stranger to the pages of CRAFT, having projects published in six out of ten issues. She filled the Old School column in style, each installation featuring a different, neat craft from the past. Where does she come up with all of her old school crafty ideas? From crafts […]
Check out this detailed R2D2 reproduction. Using the accelerometer or OSC slider control on the iPhone makes this R2 unit’s dome whirl back and forth. There are also buttons that control banks of sounds for different moods. Eventually more controls will make it over to the iPhone. Right now it’s taking its first steps forward.
MAKE’s favorite puzzles.
Sometimes it costs more to buy it than to make it from the money itself.
