Welcome to the fifth installment of the Make It Last Build #3, the Drawbot, sponsored by Microchip and Energizer. The goal this week is to build and rig all of the mechanical parts on your drawing machine. By next week you should also have a more permanent version of the controller and stepper drivers soldered […]
Take a crafty trip to Toronto, Canada and explore the city’s many crafty offerings.
Georgia hackerspace Freeside Atlanta needed countertops, so they made their own with chicken wire and concrete, while referencing this instructable. Freeside is a great space, but our kitchen could be charitably described as “needs work”. The countertops are old, difficult to keep clean, and just generally bad. What the heck, we’re a hacker space, right? […]
Former CRAFTZINE and MAKEZINE blogger Michelle Kempner recently offered an irresistible deal to anyone who sponsors her in an upcoming run benefiting AIDS research: get yourself Shrinky-Dinked! You can probably tell a couple of things from the images above: I didn’t choose myself to be immortalized in Shrinky Dink (that’s my 8-year-old son, Arlo) Michelle […]
Make: Live ep03 video is online! Thanks to our guest Sean Ragan, we enjoyed an evening of science. Subscribe to the MAKE Podcast in iTunes, download Make: Live episode 03 in its entirety (m4v), or watch clips on YouTube. Also check out the chat room transcript! Sean Ragan – Laser Projection Microscope MAKE contributing writer […]
My kids are constantly collecting all kinds of bits and pieces and trinkets from outside when we go on hikes or just play out in the backyard. I’m going to have to make some of these scavenger bags from Steffanie of sew grown so they’ll have a place to put all their treasures for easy […]
Kristen at Plush You! is celebrating a week of crafty videos. I like this how-to for fortune cookies! It really shows off the process, which can be tricky.
