A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of visiting the Rothschild Petersen Patent Model Museum in Cazenovia, NY (my flickr set is here). The museum is run by Alan Rothschild, who is the author of an upcoming book from MAKE on some of the amazing patent models in the museum collection as well as […]
Hands down, Halloween is my favorite holiday, and Instructables user Tatterhood has got me all inspired to get started on my costume with her jaw-dropping Ryuk costume tutorial. (Ryuk is a character in the anime series Death Note.) The mask and feather shoulder pieces are rad, guaranteed to scare the living daylights out of both […]
All things food and beverage is the subject of today’s Google Hangout at 2pm PDT (5pm EDT), as MAKE debuts a new bimonthly Hangout on Air. Look for these hangouts to cover the wide world of food and drink from a maker’s point of view.
Artist and designer Yuri Suzuki created a working AM/FM radio on a PCB, with the copper tracks and silk screening influenced by the iconic London Underground map, drawn by engineering draftsman Harry Beck in 1931. In fact, Beck specialized in drawing electrical schematics, so his map of the Tube is more of a schematic, since, in […]
I love paint chip crafts. When I first saw the headline “paint chip placemats” flash across my screen, I assumed they would be made out of paper. I was wrong. These placemats, created by Emily Herrick of Crazy Old Ladies Quilts, is made from Ombre Solid by V and Co. for Moda Fabrics. The finished […]
Turn those ugly plastic bags into lovely leaf garland with this autumnal leaf garland tutorial from Aunt Peaches!
After picking up a vintage Delta Homecraft wood lathe from a garage sale, Chris decided to convert to CNC using an Arduino: I found an old lathe at a garage sale and decided to turn it into a router lathe for cutting spirals, flutes and threads. Initially, I considered using a strictly mechanical mechanism to […]
