Back to the Future
Here’s a project I can’t get enough of — Back to the Future by Argentinian photographer Irina Werning. I imagine there is something truly cathartic about restaging ones self, frozen twice over in a past/present moment.
Month: February 2011
Woodworking Project Layout and Layout Tools
We asked Make: contributor Len Cullum to contribute some pieces on understanding basic tools and techniques. Here, he explains the tools used for laying out woodworking projects. — Gareth Accurate layout work is the critical first step to a successful project. Without precise, repeatable marks, it is very difficult to get everything to come together […]
Sweet Paul’s Crafty Tattoo
Not like I needed another reason to crush super hard on Sweet Paul, but his glue gun tattoo is HAWT! Hawt like a hot glue! Kevin Norris took the shot, but I wonder who did the ink?
How-To: Frost a Cake
Kaitlin at Whisk Kid has a step-by-step guide on how to frost a cake including all the useful tools you’ll need. [via Twitter @manda2177]
Make: Projects – On-Demand Benchtop Gas Generator
Being made of glass, however, a proper Kipp generator is an expensive piece of apparatus, with new models costing upwards of $250US as of this writing. However, as the useful gas-generating reactions are usually aqueous, rather than organic, an all-plastic Kipp generator is almost as useful as a glass version. PVC pipe is inexpensive, durable, ubiquitous, and easily and securely joined using cement made for that purpose. Demountable PVC fittings are available in a wide variety of shapes and sizes and can be used to provide the necessary “dismantlability” for loading solid reagent into the device. Presented here is my design for such a low cost Kipp-type generator, with instructions for its construction.
Collin’s Lab: Digital to Analog Converter
It’s true – I love DACs. There’s something awesome about the role they play, translating information from one paradigm over to another form. Sure, you can pick up a precision DAC chip with serial interface for a little over a buck, but building a barebones version from a handful of resistors is a pretty dang […]
Printing Press Wallpaper
Check out this cool Wall and Deco wallpaper that The Style Files posted about. I know some designers who’d love to have some of this in their homes.
