Top 10 mechanical curiosities from the archives
Top 10 mechanical curiosities from the archives of Make: Online.
Year: 2010
Sewing 101: Zippers
By Nicole Vasbinder Over the course of my teaching career, I have heard countless students say that they are terrified of zippers. And that they will avoid styles that call for a zipper. This makes me sad as they are really not that hard and most skirts and dresses call for a zipper. There are […]
Knit Illusion Tea Cozies
The only thing better than a striped tea cozy is a striped illusion tea cozy! These awesome cozies have a set of vertical stripes, and then appear to have a spiral or chevron wrapping their chubby bodies to boot. The Woolly Thoughts site is full of great mathematical knitting; for art geeks, there’s even a […]
Save My Oceans Top Five: Upcycled Corset
The projects submitted to our Save My Oceans contest were innovative and inspirational and were all great examples of the brilliant ways our readers reuse plastics. Each day this week, we’ll highlight one of our top five entries, and we’ll announce the Grand prize winner next Monday. Be sure to check out the entire Save […]
Crystal set radios
YouTube user 2sudsy sent in this eye-catching video of his intricate and beautiful crystal set radios. He describes how and why he builds them. They require no external power or batteries!
Kits & Kitmakers: Andrew Argyle’s Sputnik I Nixie Clock
Andrew Argyle’s original Sputnik I clock was featured way back in MAKE Volume 03. Since then Andrew, aka GlowingTech, has done very well selling fully assembled Nixie clocks, kits to make Nixie clocks, and individual and bundled components. The kit pictured here is based on an article published in the October 2006 issue of Nuts and Volts, and includes everything needed to make a 6-tube Nixie clock, less the case, for $100.
If you’re sitting on a clever idea for an electronics kit, why not enter it in our Gadget Freak Design Contest? Besides the publicity, you could win $1000 to help get your idea off the ground, as well as a free pass to sell your kit in Makers Market.
Ham radio party at NYC Resistor this Saturday
Whoo! In celebration of ARRL Field Day this weekend, NYC Resistor is having a ham radio party on Saturday! MAKE’s thrown in some awesome door prizes: 3 copies of Make: Electronics, 3 copies of Getting Started With Arduino, 3 copies of MAKE Volume 22, and 1 Make: Components Pack 1. ARRL Field Day is June […]