I was so glad to see so many folks bring projects to work on during our demos at the Craft stage at Maker Faires this year, like this knitting project from Maker Faire New York. I like to bring embroidery projects on road trips, when I’m riding shotgun, of course! That got me thinking – […]
From Instructables user The Papier Boy. Complete with freaking-out R2 unit! “The spinning droid was constructed of Styrofoam and painted to look like R2-D2. I used one of my daughter’s old toys to create the motion. The toy had a gear on it that spun when a button was pushed. I cut the toy in half (it was too big) and mounted the toy to the underside of the body and glued the droid head onto the gear. To control the spinning I used an old NES controller. ..”
MakerBot founder Bre Pettis shows off the latest MakerBot hardware and talks about 3D printing. This is an archived clip from Make: Live, which was originally broadcasted on 9/28/11. Go to https://makezine.com/live/ for information about the show, chat transcripts, and details on the next show.
Michael Curry talks to Matt and Becky about more advanced 3D design and thre creation the popular Turtle Shell Racers. This is an archived clip from Make: Live, which was originally broadcasted on 9/28/11. Go to https://makezine.com/live/ for information about the show, chat transcripts, and details on the next show.
Teacher Liz Arum gives a demo of Tinkercad, a new browser-based 3D modeling environment. We then talk to her about some of the basics of 3D modeling. This is an archived clip from Make: Live, which was originally broadcasted on 9/28/11. Go to https://makezine.com/live/ for information about the show, chat transcripts, and details on the next show.
Fun Bike Unicorn Club – Todd Barricklow , through the Fun Bike Unicorn Club, works metal into unique pedal-powered vehicles. His designs often start from just a sketch, and completed through a process of trial-and-error. He came to Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 to ride his creations.
Build your own relatively easy-to-make inkle loom and start weaving!
