HOW TO – Make devil horns
Cat Morley has a cool tutorial on how to make cute sparkly devil horns that are perfect for Halloween. Link.
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Solid-state Halloween controller and HOW-TO build a Haunted House
Eric over on Instructables reposted his Halloween controller and haunted house how-to along with some more information – “This was originally an article in Make 03 where my awesome editor Paul Spinrad actually made a replica of my controller and did a much better job documenting it than I would. For the controller board, if […]
Giant robot costume
Here’s an oldie but goodie, a giant mech robot costume by Kevin Kelm, it took 5 months to construct!. Thanks Nat! – Link.
Scare tactics & haunted hacks
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 […]
Rideable Bicycle replicas
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. […]
More Steam bicycles
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.
Pumpkin spider
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 […]