Extech, maker of mutimeters and other measuring devices, has kindly contributed three nifty gadgets that will go to three random commenters! All you have to do is leave a comment saying what neat projects you’d use the gadgets for. At midnight tonight, PST, the giveaway ends and we’ll randomly choose three winners. And what prizes […]
I love the simplicity of these little toothbrush Valentine messages from Kathleen of Twig & Thistle. They are such a fun, unexpected way to leave a love note for your sweetie. She’s provided a PDF of various toothbrush love notes for download over on her site.
I thought I was really into coffee until I met John Edgar Park, host of Make: television, contributing writer to Make: Online, and author of several MAKE magazine articles. John takes his coffee seriously. Seriously. Case in point was when he devised and wrote a how-to for his Florence Siphon Brewing and Extraction Apparatus for […]
It’s “Failures!” month here at Make: Online. Throughout February, we’re going to be celebrating the flip side of making, doing, and risking: Sometimes things don’t work out as we plan.
On the other hand, sometimes things work out exactly as we plan, but when the passion of inspiration is gone and we look back in the cold, sober light of morning we come to a painful realization: I just made a giant piece of crap.
Thus it is that I hereby inaugurate a limited weekly series of posts called “What Was I thinking?”
Here are this weekend’s upcoming craft fairs. If you know of an upcoming crafty event, please add it to our online calendar. If you have a call for entries you would like listed here, please . Coming Up This Weekend: Fab February Craft Sale Berkeley, CA Saturday, Feb. 6, 10am – 4pm Handmade Revolution Valentine […]
With Valentine’s Day upon us I thought I’d make a project that would be a fun gift for your valentine. This mixed media appliqué project was inspired by the “I Love You” fabric used for the man’s face. I found it on Etsy and almost immediately knew what I wanted to do with it. He […]
This video, by Josef Davies-Coates, shows RepRap supreme chancellor Adrian Bowyer talking in depth about the latest version of the RepRap 3D printer (“Mendel“) which has been out for some months now. More: RepRap “Mendel” plans available RepRap Version II “Mendel” prints its first 3D parts
