Make Your Own Injection Molding Machine
Build your own injection molding machine and cast the plastic parts you need.
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DIY Beauty: Cranberry Seed Foot Scrub
There’s still time to give handmade for Mother’s Day! If you’re looking for a thoughtful last-minute gift idea, you’ll love this recipe for luxurious cranberry seed foot scrub. Give the gift of good clean fun to Mom, your BFF, or yourself with this easy-to-follow cranberry seed foot scrub recipe from Soap Queen. Whip up a […]
Build This Inexpensive Linear Actuator from a Glue Stick
A linear actuator is a mechanism that pulls or pushes a load along a straight line. Pneumatic and hydraulic pistons are examples. So are the threaded rods on 3D printers. Commercially available linear actuators can be quite expensive, but now you can build your own with just a few dollars worth of parts. Gareth from […]
15-Foot-Tall Paint-Cannon Equipped MegaBots Come to Life
All three MegaBots will be at Maker Faire Bay Area, with the largest firing its giant paintballs at cars.
Quick Sew: 30 Minute Mermaid Tail Skirt
Make this sweet little tail skirt for the mermaid loving girl in your life.
Making a Maker City — National Associations (Part 3 of 3)
Recognizing patterns can be useful. When building a Maker City ecosystem it’s helpful to know which institutions to target for partnering. Examples of recurring partners include libraries, science museums, colleges, fab labs, and high schools. Gaining their attention, educating them and getting them onboard takes time, persistence, and a lot of energy. Wouldn’t it be […]
Rockstar Robots: Meet RX Robots Medi
Celebrities in general have always taken up some humanitarian causes, whether it’s taking care of hurricane victims or visiting young fans at children’s hospitals and robots are no different. Take RX Robots MEDi (Medicine and Engineering Designing Intelligence) robot for example, you’ve seen it before but probably couldn’t remember its name. Regardless, this little […]