How-To: Kryptonite Candy
Chemical and Bio-engineering student Britt Michelsen writes in about her Kryptonite candy, which uses vitamin B2 to make this homemade confection glow.
Month: March 2011
Tips on Printing Mechanical Parts
MakerBot Industries blogger MakerBlock is working on a clockwork spider, and went the route of designing his own gears. He’s sharing his observations of designing and printing his own clockwork parts on the MakerBot blog. Here’s a sample: Donโt make parts too thin. The parts I printed tended to be designed too thin. If you […]
How-To: Confetti Invitations
An invitation can set the tone for a party, so I’m thinking these awesome twist confetti invites from Jordan of Oh Happy Day would mean one super rad party is on the way …
Interlocking Floorboards Scanned, CNC-Milled On Natural Grain Lines
Even given all that, the floors are lovely, and the conceptโweโre going to use computers to cut trees more efficiently and beautifullyโdeserves a nod. Hereโs looking forward to the hobby CNC communityโs homebrew versionโฆ [via Boing Boing]
iPhone T Amp Speaker Dock
Michigan maker Pruitt’s iPhone/iPod speaker dock is built using 2-inch full range drivers built into specially constructed pipes that also act as the units legs. Each channel gets 15 watts from an internal class T digital amp (T Amp). It’s not going to blow your socks off, but it’ll sound great at a modest volume.
Pocket Laser Engraver
Check out this tiny laser cutter from instructables user Groover. Using easily sourced and salvaged parts including and a couple optical drives and an Arduino, Groover was able to assemble a unit that, though low power, is able to mark wood and cut paper.
Mini Home Fab Lab for Around $4000
Bart Bakker of Utrecht, Netherlands sent us these images and a link to a short piece about his mini home fab lab. He built it for around US$4K. The lab consists of an A4 Laser Cutter, a vintage Ultimaker 3D-printer, a Mantis CNC mill, and a CraftRobo vinyl/papercutter. Bart built the Ultimaker and the Mantis […]
