The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
Pop Sci has some scare tactics & haunted hacks to get you started with your Halloween projects – “Motion-triggered monster heads, a witches’ brew of liquid nitrogen, a projector rigged for fright, and more. Here, our favorite high-tech haunting tricks made easy” – Link. Stay tuned for our MAKE & CRAFT contests, we’re going to […]
Alameda, CA based “Rideable Bicycle Replicas” has an amazing selection of antique replica bicycles, pedicabs, hand-cranked trikes, boneshakers, tricycles, recumbents, surreys, tandems and more. They also sell 1880’s antique bicycle catalog reprints that I cannot help but order… The Old English Roadster is only $189.00, but it’s out stock – darn it [via] – Link. […]
Brass Goggles has a round up (to add to our round up) of more steam powered bicycles including “pete’s steam bike” wow! … – Link. Previous: Steam bicycles – Link. Steam powered motorcycle (photos) – Link. Steam archives on MAKE – Link.
Tool using animal has a cute PVC based pumpkin spider Instructable… – “You’ll need 16 3′ sections of one inch pvc, 8 6″ pieces, 8 90deg elbows, and 8 45deg elbows. You can see from the pic how it’s assembeled the 6″ sections are shoved into the ground to support the legs, the pumpkin is […]
If you’re in the Seattle, WA area, go check out the Robothon – they have a robot rental and building workshop too… Paul writes – “As the site says, it’s a national event that showcases ROBOTS put on by the Seattle Robotics Society (http://www.seattlerobotics.org/) Best part? IT’S FREE. and two days long! Located at the […]
Rob writes – “Since you are posting cannibal themed Halloween recipes, you Must ad the Thorax Cake to the list!” – Link. Added! Related: MAKE Halloween archives – Link.
Trebuchet03 writes – “This hack will transform a cheap easily sourced calculator into a versatile counting machine. It can be used as a cheap method to measure distance using a wheel, reed switch and magnet (think bike odometer).” – Link. Clever, it counts by adding +1.
