The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
It took five years, but a reader–specifically Flickr user Tom Arthur–finally figured out the secret feature we designed into the magazine, oh very much definitely on purpose, back in 2005: It’s sized to fit perfectly inside a classic NES case. Tom is now the only reader able to equip the Soldering Iron of 1000 Truths. Congrats! [Thanks, Tom!]
Bicycles could quite possibly be the most popular maker vehicles. Here are some bikes and bike accessories for the cycle-friendly folks on your gift list. College bike trunk, DIY on Make: Projects by Frank Yost, from MAKE 23 Growing up, I would often visit my grandparents in Dinkytown, the southeast Minneapolis neighborhood near the University […]
I built one of these years ago from plans I saw in Slocum and Botterman’s New Book of Puzzles, and still delight in playing with it, so I was pleased as–geez, I can’t say “pleased as punch” and still respect myself in the morning, so I’ll just leave it at “really pleased”–to see this new tutorial from Instructables user Phil B about how it’s done. From the outside, the puzzle is deceptively simple: You can guess from Phil’s description that you’ve got to spin it, to win it, but there’s a devious twist. The book I saw it in had a picture of a clear plastic version that showed off how the mechanism worked, but that makes it rather too easy to figure out; the best way to appreciate Yoshigahara’s design is to build one for yourself, then give it to somebody else to puzzle over.
Ottawa maker Nigel Vezeau built an adorable kiddy trike for his daughter: When my first daughter was two and a half, she started showing interest in things with wheels. I was keen to get her started on a bicycle, but realized she didn’t have to coordination to balance and learn to pedal at the same […]
Michale Molero turned his Meggy Jr into an Meggycade Jr arcade machine by building a custom housing for it, complete with actual arcade machine controls.
I really could’t tell you why Make: Online runs so many Rubik’s cube posts. Maybe it’s because the cube is an iconic toy, or because of the intellectual, math-focused challenge. Either way, we like ’em. Here are ten Rubik’s cube posts pulled from our archives. #10 Android-powered LEGO Rubik’s Cube solver #9 Magnetic acrylic Rubik’s […]
Check out these Ralphie paper dolls from Etsy seller MellyMo. She’s given a classic toy some new life that’s just right for the holidsay season, and I’m pretty sure it will be impossible to shoot your eye out with this gift.
