How-To: Prescription Goggles
Love this post from Jake Von Slatt at The Steampunk Workshop [via MAKE]! He shows us how to upcycle an old pair of eyeglasses into slick-looking goggles so that you can actually see what you’re doing.
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McCall’s Giant Golden Make-It Book
While I was visiting my mom last weekend, she thought I’d enjoy looking at her copy, which she shared with her younger sister, of McCall’s “Giant Golden Make-It Book.” Published in 1953, the book was a go-to source for children when they wanted to craft, learn crafting skills, or simply find something fun to do […]
Photog’s Antique Mechanical Exposure Time Computer
This beautiful little gadget dates to the 1920s, and is known as Kaufmann’s Posographe. The linkages, of course, are hidden inside. The linked site, above, includes a patent illustration that shows how they work.
Book Review: The BurdaStyle Sewing Handbook
Last Thursday, I attended the launch party for The BurdaStyle Sewing Handbook at the beautiful event space at Housing Works Bookstore in NYC. I was so excited to be invited, and I really enjoyed checking out the book, talking to some of the project designers, and hanging out in a room filled with other people […]
New in the Maker Shed: RGB Backlight LCD Displays
These new Arduino compatible RGB Backlight LCD Displays from the Maker Shed are a fancy upgrade from standard 16×2 LCDs. Instead of just having a single color backlight, these LCDs have full color RGB! That means you can change the background color to anything you want; teal, chartreuse, orange, purple, whatever!
Pattern: Knit Your Own Death Star
That’s no moon … Indeed, it is a knit Death Star, and you can make your own thanks to a free pattern from Nicole Kostelec over on Ravelry. I can only hope a knit Millennium Falcon is next. [via @deadlyknitshade and Crafty Crafty] Related: Death Star Dress Death Star Cookie Death Star Watermelon
Laser-Cut Enclosure Features Sweet Bends
I love this Arduino project enclosure by Oomlout, who created bendable plywood by emulating a technique they saw Snijlab employ, where small slits are lasered into the plywood making it bendable. Oomlout’s site has the DXFs or you can grab them on Thingiverse.