I’m pleased that my son, who usually obsesses over corn dogs and ranch dressing, has finally latched on to a healthy favorite food: salmon. It may put a pinch in our family grocery budget, but watching him gobble up fresh fish like it’s candy is totally worth it. I’m always looking for more ways to […]
Commercial Geiger counters can cost hundreds of dollars. With this Geiger Counter Kit from the Maker Shed you can build your own at a fraction of the price! This easy to solder kit can be built in an evening and it works just like you think it would; clicking and blinking in the presence of radiation. Is grandma’s dish collection radioactive? Do bananas give off radiation? Are your granite table tops giving off gamma rays? After you build your own Geiger Counter you’ll be able to find out!
For those of you looking for a straight-forward way to transfer images onto fabric, it doesn’t get much easier than this image transfer tutorial from Elsie at A Beautiful Mess. According to her, this method will work for both modern laser printed images and vintage magazine and newspaper prints. For you photo geeks out there, […]
Our dear friend and former editor, Natalie Zee Drieu, has a great interview with jewelry designer Emily Wheat Maynard of Elva Fields over on Coquette. I love reading about how Emily pulls from her natural surroundings to create stunning pieces of jewelry, and that she gives back to her community in a really fantastic way. […]
Retired dentist Young C. Park built this 1/16 scale replica of the WWII-era fighter plane mostly from common aluminum roof flashing, like the kind you can buy in big rolls at most hardware stores. Dr. Park spent considerable time and energy developing special methods for working this material, including an annealing technique that’s a real gem of practical hands-on shop technique…
Using a cheap-o desk lamp from IKEA and a custom MakerBot-printed bracket, Illinois maker Chris Krueger built a desktop arm stand for his webcam. Stands like this are great for getting in close to the action without having to deal with a tripod getting in your way.
We’ve written about the work of instrument inventor and musician Bart Hopkin here on MAKE before. But I just spent a bunch of time on his site today and am enchanted for the experience. A lot of instrument inventor/builders create objects that look cool but don’t sound very… instrumental. Or others create devices that make great sounds but aren’t much to look at. Bart’s pieces are novel, gorgeous, and sound amazing.
