Tutorial: Painting The Mandalorian Armorer Helmet
How to get that perfect faux hammered look like the Armorer from the show Mandalorian
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Second Sense: Build an AI Smart Nose
Make a smart sniffer that can sort coffee from tea, choose your favorite booze, or whatever else you train it to smell!
My 15-Year Quest to Make the Ultimate DIY Coffee Roaster
One man’s 15-year quest to build — and rebuild, and rebuild — the ultimate DIY coffee roaster
The Star Wars Cantina Bar Creature Project: ‘Hammerhead’
Follow along as Robert creates an iconic sculpture from Star Wars
This Gameboy Runs on Nuclear Power
My “Nuclear Powered Gameboy” uses Tritium tubes as the energy source, which produces a mere 1.5 microwatts of power (that’s 1.5 millionths of a watt).
Maker Magic: The Card Machine Trick
A card mysteriously rises, and in a
flash, changes into the right one!
Fixing Broken Machines from the Amazon Return Bin
Debra Daun’s superpower is fixing broken machines, such as 3D printers. She runs the MakerLab at Joliet Junior College in Joliet, Illinois. She has figured out that she can get used and abused machines that have been returned to Amazon. She bids for them at auction and then repairs them or adds the odd parts to her boneyard. She’s been able to add more machines that she uses to teach students 3D printing in the makerspace. The more broken the machine, she says, the happier she is.
