Starting at 9am PST today, the Maker Shed will be temporarily closed to conduct inventory. We’ll be opening back up on Thursday morning. We will not be accepting online or telephone orders during this time. We apologize for any inconvenience and promise to be back and better than ever before you know it.
This past weekend, my daughter and I went camping. We had unusually cold weather for Texas, and even with layered socks and fleece-lined boots, I had trouble ever getting my feet to really warm up. These diy wool insoles from Maya of Maya*Made would have been perfect for solving the cold-toes syndrome. See how she […]
I got a fever, and the only prescription is more drawbots. Georgia Tech student Aaron Fan sent in his great delta robot that can make line drawings and shade in cool patterns. Pythagoras is a drawing delta robot. The goals for this robot was high speed and high precision pen work. OpenCV is used to […]
Salley Mavor, the talented felt and embroidery artist from Wee Folk Studio, shared her method for making fantastic wrapped wire lettering on her blog. I love how the wrapped wire adds depth to an embroidered piece without taking away attention from the other stitches. It’s a great way to make writing stand out while ensuring […]
Our friend Meg over at CRAFT posted this fantastic video detailing how to make an upholstered headboard complete with ambient LED lighting effects. There’s a lot of great stuff to learn in this video, but my favorite tip was that an electric carving knife is the perfect tool for cutting through foam with ease. Who […]
Allison Hoffman of Crafty is Cool continues to amaze me with her amigurumi awesomeness. Her latest crochet creation is none other than our favorite crafty singer from the Midwest: Leslie Hall. Allison even made a rad tiny gem sweater for the doll. Perfection! Related: Crochet Oprah And Sue Sylvester Dolls From Crafty is Cool Bob […]
Radio hacker extraordinaire Greg Charvat is back with this 15-minute video lecture showing off and explaining the measurement of moving objects’ velocities using the low-cost coffee can radar system he and co-workers at MIT developed, in the fall of 2010, for their open courseware initiative. The video begins with a chalk talk describing the operation […]
