How to do 3D-sketching using modeling clay
The folks at Kolb Technology put together this series of tutorial videos (second part here) to show what goes into making models using their modeling clay.
Month: June 2010
How-To: Easy Tube Dress
GiannyL demonstrates how to make an simple tube dress from a big rectangle of fabric in this instructional video.
Recycling plastic bags into plastic blocks?
Michael Colombo has been experimenting with recycling plastic bags, them into children’s blocks.
Uni/bicycle converts from one wheel to two
Found in the MAKE Flickr Pool: This sweet whip by Peter Wagner of Davis, CA, packs an unaltered unicycle for the back wheel and seat, with a bolt-on front wheel if you need two. Famous Davis mayor, conservationist, artist and all-around thoughtful person, dear Julie Partansky (a twin like Myself!) gave me her old unicycle. […]
How-To: Make a Striped Summer Cuff
Erica of P.S. – I made this…shows you how to make this stylish striped summer cuff by a large hair roller and weaving in colorful string.
iPad stand made from a Panavise & Sugru
Kent Barnes made this wonderfully clever and elegant iPad stand using the suction attachment of a Garmin GPS, then molded Sugru around it to make it compatible with the base from a Panavise. That plus a bluetooth keyboard makes for a cute little desktop!
32-robot NXT chess set
Imagine building a chess set 12′ on a side, with each piece its own robot. Oh yeah, and make it all out of Lego. Team Hassenplug’s Monster Chess packs 100,000 elements and 32 NXT bricks, and uses a laptop running a chess program to coordinate the robots. Want to see the game in person? It […]
