Crock-O-Stat
Daniel writes “Make your own dimmer outlet for continuous fine temperature control of your Crock-Pot, Lamp, or other device using widely available, off the hardware shelf components.” – Link.
Craft & Design
From traditional crafts to modern crafts, we’re covering news and interesting projects to educate you and keep you inspired. Design trends and pop culture related projects are here to inspire.
DIY Binary clock
Hans DIY binary clock from scrap – “All the parts for this clock came from scrap. The red LED’s making up the display came from an old video player. The high brightness green LED was also from an old video player (a different one). The TTL logic chips were from old computer boards, with the […]
Night popper robot kit (learn to solder)
Max (pictured here) is learning how to solder with the night popper robot kit, if you’re looking to teach your little Makers at home soldering and electronics, might be a good one to check out. Keep up the good work Max! – “The Night Popper waits until it gets dark and then it starts its […]
Homemade Oil can guitar
Great collection of instructions from the ATLAS of Plucked Instruments – “The ramkie is the famous “blik kitaar” from Southern Africa; a home made guitar, using an empty oilcan for the body. The wooden neck is sometimes stuck all the way through the can; sometimes it is fixed to a wooden “lid” on the top. […]
Light activated shutter release for Canon DSLR cameras
Jessica writes – “I came up with this idea after reading a previous Make post about another Canon project…I went out and bought a photoresistor and a relay, and after a few minutes with the soldiering iron, I had built myself a light activated shutter release. I then rigged up the following “studio”, and proceeded […]
Recycled Craft Projects
TIffany Tomato Designs sells handmade goods made from recycled products such as wine corks, cake mix boxes, candy wrappers and more. She also has a bevy of DIY project how tos on her site like this umbrella skirt made from a broken umbrella fabric and this placemat made from a cereal box and milk carton. […]
PlayPIC – Tutorial board for the PIC16F84A microcontroller
Vassilis writes “A Tutorial Board for the PIC16F84A Microcontroller. This is a new design of a tutorial board based on the popular PIC16F84A microcontroller. It features eight single leds, a 7-segment display, an LCD display and five push buttons. It is an ideal solution for the beginner to take his/her first programming steps in the […]