Sweet penny stove
We’ve covered these beer can stoves before, but this is a particularly nice one. And ’tis the season to be camping… Penny Stove Instructions and FAQ [Thanks, Pete Marchetto!] More: Make a Pepsi Can Stove A better soda can stove
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Girlie Gundam
The images of this pink girlie Gundam created by a Taiwanese fan are blowing me away this morning. Look at those garters!
Vacuum tube chess
Not sure how it is to play on this board, but it sure looks cool. Paul Fryer – Chess Set for Telsa
DIY air rocket
From rosendahl in the MAKE Flickr pool: Built from plans in Make Magazine with a couple mods. Made from a sprinkler valve and PVC (and of course duct tape!), compressed air fires the rocket high into the sky. Our rocket is make of the foam cylinders you wrap around hot water pipes (and duct tape!). […]
Future death machine nose art
I’m pretty sure this TrueType font designed in 1998 by the now-apparently-defunct “Dragon’s Den Type Foundry” was intended for players of Games Workshop’s Warhammer: 40K tabletop wargame. But c’mon, seriously: what project wouldn’t be improved by a little faux-fascist heraldry? Perhaps a flying skull transfixed by a dagger and with lightning shooting from its eyes? […]
How-To: Shrinky Dinks Gaming Minis
Even as we approach the cultural apocalypse of ubiquitous, fully immersive, photo-real multiplayer video game environments, there are still those of us who like to play board or tabletop games. The communal wargaming experience, for instance, is very different from playing a networked MMORPG or turn-based strategy game. Whereas WarCraft or Xbox Live is kind […]
Weekend Project: Potato Gatling Gun
Here is a brand new version of the popular potato cannon built by the DeRose family and shown at this years Maker Faire.