“All About Welding Plastics”
Learn plastic welding through this black-and-white Seelye Model 63 Plastic Welder manual.
Month: September 2011
Tardis Cat Fort
Astromark created this beautiful half-scale Tardis for his very lucky kitty, Kaylee. I’m very impressed by how precise the copy is, and how hard he worked to ensure that all of the details were just right, from the sign on the door to the the lantern on top. Head over to Tardis Builder to see […]
Make: Live Episode 16: Makeys & World Maker Faire NY (preview video)
Join us Friday for the next episode of Make: Live, our streaming show and tell! Makers from all over the world are converging on New York City for World Maker Faire New York this weekend at The New York Hall of Science in Queens. We’ll be announcing the winners of the first annual MAKE Magazine Industry Maker Awards and meet makers who’ll show at the Faire on a special Friday episode of Make: Live.
How-To: Color Block Tunic
Last week, our weather here in Texas teased us a little by finally dipping just below 100 degrees for a few days. It almost made us want to pull out the jackets, but we’ve lived through enough years here to know that it won’t really cool down for at least another month or two. This […]
Robot Plays Fetch with a Dog
This excellent ball-flinging robot, by YouTube user LordLal0, plays fetch with a dog and even keeps track of the number of times it has flung the ball. As the caption says, this is what happens when an engineer owns a dog. [Thanks, Robert]
Photo-Realistic Machine-Stitched Embroidery
I did a double take when I walked by this photo-realistic machine-stitched image, by Carrol Shinn, before I realized that I was looking at a piece of fabric embroidered with thread. When a composition is ready, I scan it into the computer and transfer it to fabric. Then the piece is stitched with a basic […]
Color-Changing Doorbell
Spotted in the MAKE Flickr pool, from Engineer Eiki Martinson of Lighthouse Point, FL. He writes: “This uses an Atmel Attiny12 to drive a single 5mm, 4-lead RGB LED…”
