On-the-Cheap Craft Room Makeover
Rebecca from Older and Wiser posted an amazing craft room transformation recap. With a $75 budget, she did some amazing work. I love her creativity to storage needs, work spaces, etc. Great work!
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How-To: Longboard Deck From Popsicle Sticks
Popsicle sticks are about as crafty as it gets when it comes to materials, so it caught my eye when Sean over at MAKE posted this Popsicle Stick Longboard project by Instructables user nsnip. I have wanted to make a longboard deck for some time, however I was having trouble finding cheap veneers. I started […]
Cardboard Periscope — Sylvia’s Mini Maker Show
Today we’re diving deep for an easy build you can do in an afternoon: your very own cardboard periscope. Let’s go!
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Homemade Alarm Made From Two Audio Jacks
A homemade alarm system made from two “normally closed” audio jacks is the focus of our most recent Weekend Project, the Alarm Bag. The alarm system, built into an enclosure (above), can be installed into any bag (in our project, a messenger bag is used) or even modified to act as a door or window alarm. The 2-jack design means the alarm will activate whenever the second audio jack (the trigger) is removed.
Beeswax Tree Ornaments
Growing up, we had beeswax ornaments on our Christmas tree every year. When I saw this set of ornaments from Pamela of Pretty Dreamer, I thought of all sorts of great holiday memories.
Open Source Scanning Tunneling Microscope
This microscope is a project by Sacha De’Angeli of ChemHacker. STM system is a non-optical, high-resolution, microscopy technique that is often used to obtain images of a conductive surface at the atomic scale. A sharp metal tip is placed only a few nano-meters from surface, a current is applied between the two (Tunneling Current). The […]
Tape Up a Coffee Filter to Catch Drill Dust
Clever idea I first saw in a recent issue of The Family Handyman. The flat-folding “cone” style filters will be easier to handle. It’s similar to the Post-It note trick, but less likely to leak out the sides. See also, e.g., the coffee cup trick for catching debris while drilling overhead.
