From the MAKE Flickr pool Rob Cruickshank shares this tip for easily creating an evenly spaced jeweling pattern on metal – Inspired by the article in MAKE: #19, and needing to make an ugly piece of brass pretty in a hurry, I hit upon the idea of using perfboard as a jig for jewelling. (Also […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool Osamu Iwasaki used a Lilypad Arduino + servo motor to create the Kinetic Quilt – an unusually lively bedspread. Hmmm … didn’t this little guy make an appearance in one of the Harry Potter flicks? … or maybe Poltergeist?
From the MAKE Flickr pool Karl W. shares a pic of his newly acquired artifact – This ceramic wafer is a real mystery to me. I purchased it from a Ebay seller in Kfar Saba, Israel and during the shipment it cracked on the upper edge of it. It’s about 4″ x 4″ and just […]
I love this bird-feeder tutorial from Instructables user me13lake. It’s not flashy (indeed, with a title like “Small simple horizontally mounted squirrel resistant/proof bird feeder that requires no specialist tools to make,” I’m guessing it was written by a scientist or engineer) but it’s well thought-out, easy and inexpensive to make, and it looks like it would work very well. The clear squirrel-guard rotates freely so they can’t get a grip, and can be made from a 2-liter plastic bottle. Or you could try cutting one from a glass bottle.
Chris Anderson is on a mission… In the Next Industrial Revolution, Atoms Are the New Bits @ Wired. This is it folks! Open source, custom-fabricated, DIY product design – it’s now the lead story in Wired! A garage renaissance is spilling over into such phenomena as the booming Maker Faires and local “hackerspaces.” Peer production, […]
When I saw this lot of 150 felt beads for just $12, by woollyfabulous on etsy, my jaw dropped. I can think of a million things to make with these beauties. The possibilities are endless- necklaces, buttons, bracelets. I even want to set them out in a bowl on the coffee table to admire as […]
Nick Santillan wrote in to share his collapsible wooden 3-axis CNC machine. He decided to make the machine portable because he didn’t have a permanent space to use, and needed to be able to move it easily.
