Blow your friends away as you send this 25-cent rocket hundreds of feet in the air. Thanks go to Rick Schertle for the original article in MAKE Volume 15. Download the PDF of this project, and then subscribe to MAKE Magazine for other great projects you can do over the weekend. Don’t forget to download […]
Over in Sydney, Australia, the fine folks at Robots and Dinosaurs entered the annual Rocket Car Day.
By Susan Beal If you’ve ever wanted to try building a raised bed for vegetables, herbs, flowers, or anything else you want to grow, it can be as simple as this pared-down version: a few pieces of inexpensive lumber and a short afternoon’s worth of drilling and digging. I built our second 8’×4′ bed, just […]
Dana (Mon Valley, PA) built “The Great American Horn Machine” using a gasoline-powered air compressor, 620 gallon air tank, along with an array of ship & train horns + whistles. The whole thing is controlled by a couple dozen relays hooked up to a Highly Liquid MIDI board, and in case you didn’t notice -it’s […]
Modish has teamed up with Cosa Verde for a huge Earthy Day giveaway which will run all the way through Earth Day, April 22nd. Jena at Modish writes: The ever-awesome Liz, my weekly eco-friendly guest blogger here, has really outdone her awesomeness this year. She’s rounded up an amazing group of artists and crafters from […]
Steven Hobley made this doodle desk for his toddler, using spare parts from around his garage.
This cake decoration is blowing my mind. It’s made of sugar, people! The photo comes from grabyourfork’s wrap up of the Sydney Royal Easter Show. Besides over-the-top cakes, did you know that Sydney also celebrates Easter with woodchopping contests and a flame throwing dinosaur called the Robosaurus? [via tastespotting]
