Photo from svofski on Flickr in the MAKE Flickr pool I made this from cardboard, old velvet jeans (for light-tight cover). The shutter is made from the back of an old 35mm camera. To start an exposure, you slide it down the plastic rails (barely visible). The pinhole itself is made in a foil shim. […]
This week in the Maker Shed we continued our Spring-cleaning sale with some amazing discounts and free shipping on orders over $100 (details here). Also, we are continuing to work with kit makers on a lot of really cool products. Do you have something that you think would make a great kit for the Maker […]
Image from the Library of Congress Check out the great photos from the 1930s-40s in Color set at the Library of Congress on Flickr. These vivid color photos from the Great Depression and World War II capture an era generally seen only in black-and-white. Photographers working for the United States Farm Security Administration (FSA) and […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool The ‘cracker box’ amp subwoofer Boombox becomes a bot [above, bottom-right] USB tape drive [above, top-right] LED matrix in acrylic Self-propelled bot makes its own moves [above, bottom-left] How-To: Make a toy car launcher[above, top-left]
Make a unique one-string, electric or bass guitar out of PVC and wood.
Karle Fuchs has a free pillowcase sewing pattern along with great instructions for a beginner sewer.
Yesterday, I told you about the great new cross-stitch kit called Miss Woolly’s Mini Cross-Stitch. I think I’ve been so obsessed with cross-stitch these last couple of weeks that it’s now most of what I’m seeing. I think, though, that even without that predisposition to seeking out cross-stitch, this amazing Houdini portrait in cross-stitch would […]
