Gelato vending cargo bike mod
Check out this fun gelato vending cargo bike mod from Totcycle.
Month: August 2010
Math Monday: Mathematical crochet
By George Hart for the Museum of Mathematics After last week’s column on mathematical quilts, I thought I should continue in the fiber arts category with mathematical objects that can be made by crochet. Matthew Wright at the University of Chicago has crocheted some beautiful Seifert surfaces, shown below. These are (approximately) the form that […]
PlayStation controller coffee table
Mark M (Australia) sent us links to pics of this awesome coffee table he made: I made the PlayStation controller coffee table for my year 12 major work, as an Industrial Technology project. I made the whole controller out of plywood, MDF, and veneer on veneer. The whole project took me 20 weeks on and […]
Your Comments
And we’re back with our twelfth installment of Your Comments. Here are our favorites from the past week, from Make: Online, our Facebook page, and Twitter. Skull artist Noah noticed when the Silver Skull Spoons article was re-posted on Craft: I love Tom’s skull spoons! You might be interested to know that he was inspired […]
Even better Fallout 3 replica weapons
Ryan Palser, whose replica AER-9 laser rifle we covered a couple of weeks ago, has since finished up his second Fallout 3 replica, of the game’s A3-21 plasma rifle, that is, as I predicted, even more impressive than his first. The Flickr set includes some good build shots too, including some details of his casting process. [Thanks, Ryan!]
Dirty Electronics weekend laboratory
This class looks interesting, Dirty Electronics, September 18th-19th in Nottingham, UK. Dirty electronics refers to an approach in electronic music that is directly opposed to those found in mass produced digital culture and includes some of the following characteristics: designer trash, ugly, cheap, heavy, hand-made, designed to be handled or to come in contact with […]
How-To: Lovely Fabric Flowers
I’ve seen a lot of handmade flowers over the years. But none quite like these beauties from SimplyVintageGirl. I really like the texture from the curled edges. They remind me of real azaleas. Her tutorial is wonderful. She conveys the simple steps with very pretty photographs.
