Pastor Barry Randolph and Jeff Sturges talk to us about the Mt. Elliot Makerspace, which is located in the basement of the Church of the Messiah in East Detroit. The role that the church plays in the community is explained, and the bright side of urban blight is explored.
You canโt hear me, but Iโm giving Gustavo, the creator of this mechanical version of Out Run, a slow clap for such an impressive build. Made in over a month using spare time, he managed to capture all the features of this classic Sega arcade game in an Arduino-driven, servo-spinning tabletop console.
I’m out at MAKE HQ in Sebastopol (from Arlington, VA) with much of the MAKE team this week as we do our 2012 planning. I’ve been having fun geeking out with Jason Babler, our new senior art director, over garage figure modeler. He just showed me this amazing sculpt and resin cast he did of the Diablo III Unburied figure.
The countdown has begun! You have until 11:59pm PST TONIGHT to submit your spook-tacular project to our 2011 Halloween Contest.
My brother-in-law is not a big sweets fan, except when it comes to snickerdoodle cookies. He loves them. Birthdays, special occasions, you name it – pretty much all he wants is a plateful of snickerdoodles to celebrate. My sister is often trying to find ways to get a little variety in the snickerdoodle rotation, and […]
If you want a moreย challenging high-power build experience, I like the Hi-Tech H45 kit. Itโs big (2.63″ diameter and 49″ tall), with sturdy plywood fins and a durable plastic nose cone, and it can handle motor types F through I. I got my first high-power certification on this model back in 1990. Good times!
A few rungs up theย ladder toward high power is Estesโ Big Daddy, a chunky, 3″- diameter model. While designed for D and E solid rocket motors, it can easily handle AeroTechโs 24mm F motors. Itโs not much more difficult to build than the Astra, but bear in mind that an E motor has up to […]
