Flat Pack Spider Milled from Aluminum Plate
Executed by vrogy, from Thingiverse user dino-girl’s “spiderasaur” plans. We have featured vrogy’s work many times beofre; check the links below for some of my personal faves.
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How-To: Make a Storage Garland for Softies
By Jessica Wilson A long time ago in a literary galaxy far, far away, I was a children’s bookseller extraordinaire. I ran an enormous department with very little display space for non-book items and found myself invaded with a plethora of plush toys and bath books. Our solution was a dozen or so clunky-chunky plastic […]
Turn Household Items into Crafty Storage
Oh My! Handmade Goodness has a can’t-miss roundup: ways to repurpose common household items to organize all kinds of craft supplies. I think this shower caddy solution is a great idea for small spaces, and was also quite taken with how useful shoe organizers, paper towel holders, and pegboard can be. Check it out!
Digi-Comp II by EMSL (video)
Wow, check out the video tour of Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories’ functional recreation of the classic educational binary computer Digi-Comp II. Several weeks ago, we talked about bringing our giant Digi-Comp II to Maker Faire. But now we’re back, and we wanted to show everyone how it works– not just the many folks who came […]
How-To: Book Strap
This is the coolest book strap I’ve ever seen. Lorraine Teigland of Ikat Bag has a guest post over on How About Orange for making this handy book strap. I love the leather details and, of course, the beautiful fabric.
How-To: Create Your Own Snail Habitat
Granted, not every gardener wants snails around, but Erin at Elysian Studios tells a story of how her sons became fascinated by one these slow-moving crawlers and asked, “Can we keep him, Mom?” Erin whipped this snail habitat together, and shares a nice how-to so you can do the same with your kids.
In the Maker Shed: ProdMod LED Video Light Kit
Have you tried taking video using your digital camera but never seem to have enough light? Solve that problem by making your own LED video light using the Prodmod Kit from the Maker Shed.