Copper light box / light tent
Jpmartineau writes in about the PVC light tent we posted earlier – “I loved the idea so I built my own. Using 1/2″ copper tubing instead of PVC.” – Link and translation.
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.
HOW TO – Make a bicycle parts belt
Dj_flx has an Instructable on making a belt from old bicycle parts – Link.
10, 60, 200 – USB microscope photo blog
Jacob has the same Intel Play cheap-o microscope I use (here) his photo blog takes a look at objects at the 3 different magnifications, like this old tie… Sample: An ugly orangey-brown tie. Source: Goodwill, where ties go to die. Man. This tie is even ugly up close. More here – Link. Use a Mac […]
Gameboy case 6 oscillator synth
Master over at LoFi turned this old Gameboy case into a 6 oscillator synth, check out the pictures, info and video – Link.
HOW TO – Make a dodecahedron from discarded CD’s
RickB writes –“I wanted to do something with plastic CD’s besides adding them to the land fill – My solution was to use them build 3-D geometric constructions. I describe here how I used 12 CD’s to build a Dodecahedron. I also built a 32 CD trucated Icosahedron, 12 of the CD’s must be cut […]
Origami competition (photos)
Photos from the fourth annual student origami competition at MIT – [via] Link. Related: The Scorpion (with pattern) – Link. Brian Chans Origami page- Link. Other papercraft and origami projects.
DIY Silkscreening comic
Lint writes – “There has been a few links posted to DIY silkscreening tutorials and I thought i would dig out this “How-To” comic on silkscreening that I picked up on a free comic table long ago. There was no price on it, so hopefully it is fine to post. It is informative, and quite […]