How-To: Wooly Willy Table
I loved my Wooly Willy magnetic drawing board when I was a kid, and I’ve heard this larger-scale Wooly Willy Table by Noah at Instructables is even more fun.
Month: March 2010
How-To: Tiny Dollhouse Art
I’ve revealed my love for anything in miniature several times here, so of course I’m loving this sweet little tutorial on whipping up your own dollhouse art from Teddy’s Amazing Adventures. The best part? The tutorial is given from the perspective of the adorable amigurumi bear, Teddy, with wee little tools. I love it!
Jetpack costume prop from junk
Backyard FX have been running auditions for a new host of the show. I’m pretty impressed with many of the entries. Not only are the hosts surprisingly good, but the production values are fairly high, and the projects they document, decent. Here, Mike Smith and his robot sidekick, Tec, show you how they built a […]
Win a MakerBot Cupcake
The Twin Cities hackerspace the Hack Factory is raising funds to buy a MakerBot Cupcake CNC. How? By selling raffle tickets! Borrowing a move from Providence hackerspace AS220 Labs’ MakerBot raffle, the Hack Factory will sell enough raffle tickets for two Cupcakes, then keep one and award the other to the raffle winner. Rules are […]
Detroit’s City Bird: Makers, Makers, Everywhere!
With the official call to Makers up and running for the Detroit Maker Faire this summer, I can’t wait to see what kind of great ideas come in. And thinking of that made me think of City Bird, one of my favorite Detroit crafty duos helping DIY folks across Michigan and the midwest bring their […]
Generate LED display fonts using a simple Python script
Adam Mayer of NYC Resistor is working on restoring a large LED sign, and needed a font to display messages on it.
How-To: Make decorative “mosaic” pins for knife, tool handles
Pat Percival of NorthCoast Knives posted this simple phototutorial demonstrating how he makes decorative handle pins for his custom knives by nesting telescoping metal tubing of various sizes, shapes, and materials. These are known as “mosaic” pins among knifemakers, and although Pat only mentions it in passing, it is generally agreed that the voids in the design need to be filled with some kind of resin, which is often epoxy with coloring agents added to taste.