Five More Awesome Projects Shared by MAKE Readers
“Your Projects” is a column that features some of the awesome creations our readers have been making. These projects from our readers come from the MAKE Google+ Community and beyond.
Year: 2013
Seedy Motel Birdhouse
In the lead up to this year’s “Put A Bird In It” birdhouse show at Portland’s Sandbox Studio, organizers WeMake are reviewing some of last year’s highlights, including this clever Seedy Motel Birdhouse by Sockeye
DIY Hacks & How To’s: Haunted House Automation With Pressure Plates
One of the best parts of a haunted house is the automated special effects. To make sure that the effects are well timed, you need sensors to detect where your guests are in the haunted house. Over the next few weeks I am going to show you a variety of simple sensors that you can use to automate your Halloween setup. This week I am going to show you how to make a simple DIY pressure plate switch to automate your haunted house.
DIY Sharknado Costume
This costume and tutorial is everything. Other than that I am speechless. THANK YOU THREADBANGER!
Web Extras, Materials, and Corrections for Volume 17
From William Blake: Patron Saint of Makers Page 56 William Blake’s Illuminated Printing Process Images from Joseph Viscomi’s Illuminated Printing essay, Blake Archive. See the article for much more detail on Blake’s relief etching and printing process. Relief-Etching Experiments Being a lifelong student of Blake’s, I’ve often flirted with the idea of trying to re-create […]
How-To: DIY Map-Covered Pumpkins
Try a paper-lover’s twist on traditional pumpkin decorating with a DIY map-covered pumpkin!
Vocoder – A Holy Grail Project
Recently, a visitor to the Music From Outer Space Facebook page remarked on the latest project to come out of MFOS, the MFOS – 12 Channel Vocoder. He called it one of the “Holy Grail Projects,” and I have to say he’s right.
