It’s a ball of LEDs
Instructables saronpaz made this “so simple its embarrassing” ball of LEDs with a few coincells inside, with a neat effect!
Month: September 2010
Fabrickit for E-Textiles
Syuzi over on Fashioning Technology reports on an exciting e-textile development kit, Fabrickit by Studio5050, to be premiered at World Maker Faire this weekend. She writes: The kit is a fairly simple e-textile kit that allows you to add LEDs to textiles. What separates FabricKit from the Lilypad and Aniomagic family is that the FabricKit […]
ChronoDot is now Open Source
Garrett Mace of Macetech has announced the company’s first entry in the open source hardware realm, with the release of the ChronoDot RTC as an OSHW project. Over the past few years, a lot of small electronics hardware businesses have been starting up. Many of the more successful businesses and projects have adopted “open-source” philosophy […]
“You Complete Me” Tetris Cross-Stitch
This sweet Tetris heart cross-stitch is a great way to express a little geek love. You can find the original chart, created by Sprite Stitch user DWgrrl, over on Sprite Stitch. [via Penelope Teapot] More: Needlepoint Tetris Fridge Magnets The Creation Process of Tetris-Inspired Fabric Tetris Baby Blanket Tetris Quilt Tetris Tote Bag Home is […]
Your Comments
And we’re back with our fourteenth installment of Your Comments. Here are our favorites from the past week, from Make: Online, our Facebook page, and Twitter. Todd Harrison shared an, er, alternative to Kip Kay’s Lily Pad Pool Warmers Weekend Project video: My DIY redneck pool heater would be a lot less fuss. There was […]
Inexpensive tablet wall mount
Sometimes you have a real need to mount your tablet computer to a wall or other vertical surface. That’s where common sense and good old fashioned ingenuity comes in. Seattle area foodie and avid DIY’er, Tumbleweed, shows us that you needn’t spend exorbitant amounts of money on some specialized billet aluminum wall mounting kit. A $2.84 “Delux Plate Hanger Set” will do the trick.
Make: Projects – Permanently stain PVC pipe any color you want
I love PVC pipe: It’s weatherproof, cheap, commonly available, easy to work, and easy to join temporarily or permanently. Apart from a slightly icky environmental footprint, the only serious drawback of PVC pipe is that it’s ugly, owing largely to the fact that it’s usually available only in white, off-white, gray, or (sometimes) black. PVC can be painted, sure, but getting a good finish requires careful surface preparation, and even then the paint tends to flake or wear off with time, weather, and/or handling.
But, as you’ll know if you’ve ever tried to remove a purple primer stain, it is possible to indelibly colorize PVC pipe. I got curious about what was in purple primer, and a bit of digging revealed that it’s just clear primer plus purple dye. I reasoned, then, that I ought to be able to make my own “purple primer” in whatever color I wanted by adding solvent dye to clear primer. Long story short: It works, and it works great. You can read all about it here.