Jan Lategahn (Germany) has put together a series of articles and links describing simple ways to calibrate amateur electronic instruments with a fair degree of accuracy without having to spend a bundle on a professional calibration lab. Methods and devices include DC and AC voltages, resistance, current, RF level, and frequency. Above are Jan’s homemade […]
Tara Young at Etsy recently got a behind-the-scenes look at the Pets with Fez weaving shop in Los Angeles in this charming video: Master weaver Babajan of the Los Angeles weaving shop, Pets With Fez, wove his first rug at the age of six, a lovely tapestry sampler populated by frogs and turtles. He grew […]
Hi Crafters! We are so excited that Bust Magazine’s Craftacular will be the select craft fair for World Maker Faire happening this September 25-26 in NY! BUST Craftacular favorites such as DJs, beverages, snacks, demos, and awesome crafts for sale will all be available. The call for vendors is now open so complete the online […]
Udi Tirosh, of DIY Photography, sent us a link to this awesome homemade, cardboard, three-lens “action camera:” Steven Monteau, the out-of-this-world-designer who created the Battlefield Pinhole Camera (and the amazing bokeh video) is back with a new camera the Guillotine (A.K.A Adidas) Camera. It is a homemade camera that creates actions sequences, in a fashion […]
June was the month where I became a verified “weekend warrior” making over my new apartment. During my training, I learned the importance of getting your paint mixed at the store. Whether it’s painting your living room or working on a craft project, here’s a quick way to mix a can of paint from my […]
Every week it’s my job to create a tutorial for How-To Tuesdays. The projects themselves are fun, crafty and creative, but making a tutorial while crafting presents a unique challenge. I try to write careful and thoughtful instructions for each project, but my goal is for any reader to be able to follow a project […]
Check out Instructables user lamoix’s indoor bike rack for his Portand bike-lover’s palace. Like most houses in Portland, we have a lot of bicycles, and we are always coming and going on them, often changing out bikes several times a day. Not satisfied with outdoor parking, or stacks of bicycles in the workshop, I decided […]
