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The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
How-To: Guyver Guy armor
David Carpenter is an effects professional, so this tutorial he’s posted looks especially interesting. Apparently the last three steps (fitting, electronics, and painting) are still incomplete, but the first five are worth the click.
How-To: Cardboard Tube Wall Sculpture
Tali of Growing Up Creative has started a new series on her blog called Eco Kids Craft, that focuses on kid-friendly craft projects with recycled materials. Her first project shows how you can turn simple cardboard tubes into striking wall art.
PS3 Slim laptop
Console hacker extraordinaire Benjamin J. Heckendorn (aka Ben Heck) built this one-off PS3 Slim laptop for portable gaming without compromise.
Make: Projects – Hot to cold smoker conversion
This is a simple kludge, really, but it’s worked out remarkably well, considering I knocked it together in about 40 minutes 5 years ago and it’s seen almost monthly use since then. What I started with was a pile of junk grill and smoker components, most of which came from a Brinkmann “Gourmet” smoker (as shown below) that my mother once accidentally set on fire. Lots of electric smokers have this three-part lid/body/base construction, however, and the exact make and model are not important.
OMG Zelda prop sword
It’s made from reinforced resin and finished with automotive paints by Aaron of Fiberglassblades. That’s him in the Ryo Sanada getup below. Holy crap. Make: Halloween Contest 2009 Microchip Technology Inc. and MAKE have teamed up to present to you the Make: Halloween Contest 2009! Show us your embedded microcontroller Halloween projects and you could […]
Easy Earl Grey Ice Cream
Howtoons has announced the winner of their Top Chef Ice Cream contest, and it’s a delicious-sounding Earl Grey ice cream recipe. (The best part about making ice cream the Howtoons way is that you don’t need an ice cream maker; it’s a great technique to use with kids.) I like the suggestion for espresso chocolate […]