UK maker Nick Thatcher’s pistol-sized coilgun is a mere 15cm (5.9″) long and uses 5 caps taken from disposable cameras. I think the brass bars are just to make it look like a raygun. On my last coilgun the charging unit was built in, this resulted in a rather hefty box slung underneath the main […]
If you are looking for a quick and cute craft to make for class or teacher gifts for Halloween, check out this tutorial from Mollie of Wild Olive. She shows how to make a simple notepad with a felt Jack-O-Lantern cover. I’m thinking you could even modify it a bit to make a felt ghost […]
Riccardo Bovo designed this stool comprised of an algorithmically generated series of triangles, laser-cut and zip tied together. [via Pratt on Tumblr]
When I spotted these plush globes in the CRAFT Flickr pool , was curious how Spoonflower user Weavingmajor created the flat printed fabric. Well it turns out that it’s a pattern/design you can get printed on Spoonflower, the you-upload-it-we-print-it service, with the sewing pattern right on the fabric. What a clever way to put together […]
And we’re back with our seventeenth installment of Your Comments. Here are our favorites from the past week, from Make: Online, our Facebook page, and Twitter. Over on Twitter, Justin Craft is ‘fixing’ a toy for his kids: Weekend project time, inspired by @make. Hacking my kid’s sadly low-powered race track. (photo) Math Campbell has […]
Heidi Kenney seems to always throw the most awesome parties. Her cakes and decorations and invitations never fail to impress me, and I love that she puts so much thought and care into every details of the event. Her latest party was and Asian-inspired shindig, and she’s collected all her resources in one handy post. […]
On of the big concerns with some of the low cost Android tablets hitting the streets recently is the lack of an Android Market app to browse and download other apps with. If you’re running an eighth generation Archos tablet, you now have an option of installing the Android Market app. After installing gApps4Archos.apk, it’s just a few clicks to install the Gmail app, Google Maps, Google Talk and Google Calendar.
