Steve Hoefer, Author at Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers

Toothy Toothbrush Timer

03/20/2014

This project will make sure you brush long enough and have fun while you're at it.

Make: Inventions “Pin Tumbler Lock”

10/10/2013

In this episode, we look at the pin tumbler lock, the most popular, enduring lock design of the last 150...

Mini Blind Minder

10/03/2013

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcR2yHHYzd8&w=620&h=349] Sometimes the sun is my friend, warming the house on cool days. Other times it’s my enemy, warming...

Bookshelf Boombox

09/20/2013

Hide an amplifier and speaker in plain sight with a project that gives a new meaning to bookshelf speakers.

Make: Inventions “The Safety Elevator”

09/12/2013

In this Make: Inventions, Steve builds an elevator and reenacts the death-defying stunt that Elisha Otis performed at the 1854...

Make: Inventions “Building Morse’s First Telegraph”

08/08/2013

In this episode of Make: Inventions, Steve builds Morse's original automated transmitter as well as a gravity-driven receiver that records...

Make: Inventions | Can Openers

06/13/2013

On this Make: Inventions, we construct three different can opener designs, and put them to the test