No Heat Lava Lamp
Today we’ll show you how to make your own groovy lava lamp, no heat required! All you need are a few things you just might have in your kitchen.
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Frank Kovac and his Homemade Planetarium
Starting in 1995, Frank Kovac took ten years constructing amechanical globe planetarium of his own design despite having no prior engineering experience. The Kovac Planetarium in Monico Wisconsin is only the fourth of its kind ever built as well as being the largest in history at 4000 pounds and 22 feet in diameter.
Art Made From Beer
Beer is awesome. Besides being deliciously inebriating, beer offers a wide range of crafting potential! The caps can be collected and turned into jewelry. The bottles can be recycled into vases, lamps and even glasses for drinking beer. The cardboard from the case even has infinite possibilities. Even the labels can be reused, say, to […]
Adding Bluetooth to a Car Tape Deck
Kevin Roof of Joliet, IL, figured out how to add A2DP Bluetooth to his car’s tape deck. I’ve always wanted to be able to turn my car on, pull out my cell phone, and just play my music library from there. One device, zero wires, infinite satisfaction. After going through countless tape adapters, I got […]
Welcome a New Editor-in-Chief to CRAFT!
Image by Nutmeg Designs, via Flickr Hi, Crafters – You may have noticed a new face around here the last few days. She’s Carla Sinclair, and she’s taking the CRAFT Editor in Chief helm from me as of today. I’ve decided to move on and pursue my own projects via CraftyPod. This has been an […]
Meet the Makers from MAKE Volume 27: Doug Bradbury
Meet Doug Bradbury. In MAKE Volume 27, Doug wrote an article describing how to make a treadmill desk, that is, a desk with a runner’s treadmill below it. The idea is to stay in shape while you work. It turns out that if you set a treadmill to move its belt at 1.5 miles per hour, you can walk and still use your computer and make telephone calls without discomfort.
How-To: On-the-Go Sewing Machine Cozy
I found myself with a dilemma last weekend as I was getting excited about a quilting workshop I was about to take – my sewing machine didn’t have a carrying case and I started to get a bit worried about transferring the machine back and forth without protection. I’ve seen lots of great patterns for […]