Weekend Project: Super TV-B-Gone
Are you sick of blaring TV’s? Wish you could do something about it?
Well you can with the this devious ultra-high-power version of the popular TV-B-Gone. Get yours at www.makershed.com
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Checkin’ In: Design Sponge Grace Bonney
Design Sponge‘s Grace Bonney needs little introduction in the crafty world. Her impeccable sense of style and nifty DIYs are inspirational and infectious. Grace contributed three marvelous installations of her DIY Design column to the pages of CRAFT. In Volume 08, she showed us how to take a plain Ikea chest and put a beautiful […]
DIY videotape pinball
Some time last year, there was a bunch of news about how VCR tapes would no longer be manufactured. Around the same time I noticed that none of the VCRs showing up at the dump had digital tuners. Wouldn’t it have been nice if those manufacturers could have dropped in a little extra circuit board […]
How-To: Paper Bead Bangle
Paper Bead Bangle Roll your own beads to make an awesome safety pin bracelet. By Stephanie Scheetz I’m a self-proclaimed paper pack rat. Big pieces, little pieces, nothing gets thrown away. One day I sat staring at a huge stack of paper strips, all the same size. They were leftover remnants from a workshop I […]
DIY bike helmet fan
From the MAKE Flickr pool Matt outfitted his headgear with some quick-n-dirty AC – I was bored one day at NYCR and started playing with my rising collections of motors. Ended up stuffing an 18v motor into my bike helmet and putting two 9vs in series on it. Runs awesome. Surprisingly effective as a cooling […]
Chicago Craft Social, Friday May 22
Megan from Plum Pudding writes: Jessica Jones and I are hosting a gigantic Craft Social for anyone in the Chicago area. We are offering some projects with instructions and materials provided, but also space to work on your own thing. Knitting areas, too. Chicago Craft Social Evanston Vineyard Church 2495 Howard St. Evanston, IL 60202 […]
How-To: Bike Handlebar Planter
Instructables user FriendOfHumanity made this cheeky handlebar garden for a bike. Never lose your bike in a crowded rack again, and park it in the sun or shade depending on what plants you grow!