Custom Tablesaw Blade Revolutionizes Wood Joints with Single Cut
This custom tablesaw blade revolutionizes wood joints with a single cut that allows for custom drawers to be folded together in a cinch.
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Intermission Sound Control with Raspberry Pi
A few times a year I volunteer to an arts organization and serve as their “house sound and light guy.” I usually run sound and do the lights for the traveling acts if they don’t have a tech with them. The auditorium is in a rural Minnesota area, but even so, we try to host […]
Camp Craft Upgrade: Liberty Braided Friendship Bracelets
Whether you’re a 12-year-old kid or a 50-year-old kid, making and giving hand-woven bracelets never stops being fun. And, if you’re a fan of Liberty fabrics, you’ll definitely want to add these fun Liberty braided friendship bracelets to your crafty repertoire. Combine your love of gorgeous textiles with sweet summer camp nostalgia with this Liberty […]
Toy Inventor’s Notebook: Build a Classic Cartesian Diver Toy
Cartesian diver toy “Diving Tony” was a cereal box favorite. You can make one quickly from just a few parts. Use clear PETG tubing and a piece of solid styrene to make the diver follow your commands.
Robby Cuthbert’s Tensegrity Furniture Designs
Amid the flaming robots and art cars of the 2015 Maker Faire I found an unexpected oasis of beautiful wood furniture and sculptures held together using thin steel cables. Robby Cuthbert’s wood and steel designs take conventional furnishings (tables, lamps, bookshelves) and infuse them with a subtle magic that takes closer inspection to fully appreciate. […]
Make a Mobile Cement Mixer from a Pickle Barrel
No, what you see in the picture above is not a gigantic homemade mortar, it is in fact, a DIY cement mixer made with mostly recycled parts. These include the mixer body, which is an old pickle barrel, and a wheel bearing from a minivan that wasn’t nearly as worn out as originally suspected. The […]
Minecraft Activated Arduino Alarm
You’ve amassed a small fortune in diamonds, wood, coal, iron, food, and the other resources you need. You’ve spent hours building the perfect Minecraft fortress to stockpile your goods. But who will watch your stash while you’re on another server? In this project guide, you’ll learn to use Arduino coding on a tiny Spark Core […]