Month: January 2012

Quick and Dirty Lav Mic from iPhone Headset

In a pinch, you can clip the earbuds off an iPhone headset to get a quick and dirty lav mic. Add a safety pin with a little hot glue and camouflage it with a smattering of sharpie and you’re good to go. If you’re curious about the quality of the audio produced with such a setup, check out the above video from maker Levi Allen, where he runs through a build while capturing the audio with his iPhone. It won’t win any awards, however it’ll get the job done.

Continue Reading January 9th, 2012 Adam Flaherty10

Alien vs. Predator Chess Set

DeviantArtist “Joker-laugh” built this amazing AVP chess set which has recently been wowing the geek blogosphere. He doesn’t say much about the making of the pieces, but on the creation of the board, he writes

Continue Reading January 8th, 2012December 17th, 2015 Gareth Branwyn6

Handmade Wall Mounted Pencil Holder

A New Year is a perfect time for organizing your creative space, and we’re highlighting many ways to do just that this month on CRAFT. I love these simply but highly functional wall mounted pencil holders Tonya Staab has added to her studio. Her husband made them for her, and she describes the quick process […]

Continue Reading January 8th, 2012 Rachelhobson

MAKE Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup

Our featured image from the MAKE Flickr pool this week is by regular contributor Peter Barvoets, aka lookseeseen. Its subject is a glowing Geissler tube (Wikipedia), an early type of low-pressure gas discharge tube invented in Germany in 1857. Peter has another great shot of the same tube here.

Continue Reading January 8th, 2012 Sean Michael Ragan

CRAFT Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup

Here are some cool things we saw in the CRAFT Flickr Pool this week: Potholders Front, by happysewlucky Sarah’s Doll, by made by agah Luftiges Perlencollier “Buntes Treiben”, by Jabberwocky’s Treasury tiny hearts, by cornflowerbluestudio I follow rivers – flipped, by MizzieMorawez

Continue Reading January 8th, 2012 Haley Pierson-Cox

How To: Marshmallow Faces

Who says you shouldn’t play with your food, especially when it looks so friendly. These colored marshmallows can add some fun to any hot drink. I love my new little sugary friends from Color Me Katie.

Continue Reading January 8th, 2012 Lindseymnorth

Drum Controller Parts Harvesting

Today’s dumpscore included a Guitar Hero drum controller. I don’t have any use for it as a controller at this time, but I’ve been curious what is inside this category of devices. There were also about a half dozen guitar controllers for various game systems, but I wasn’t as interested in those today.

When I got home, I cleared off the table and grabbed a screwdriver. A half hour later, I had a nice neat pile of the electronic parts, and the rest of it was stashed away in the recycle bin. There was some neat telescoping tube in the stand, but I don’t have an immediate use for that stuff, and don’t have enough of it to create a storage category for future use.

Continue Reading January 7th, 2012 Chris Connors14

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