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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.
MakeShift
Imagine this: Your car battery is dead, and you’re stuck in the woods. Your mission: Get home before you freeze to death.
Maker Faire
Geeks gather together for an evening of DIY fun in our first-ever mini MAKE Fest at the O’Reilly Emerging Technology conference in 2005.
Howtoons motor keeps on spinning
This morning I spent ten minutes making the motor from the Howtoons cartoon in the first issue of Make. It consists of one AA battery, two safety pins, a magnet, some Scotch tape, a piece of telephone extension cable wire, a pad of Post-It notes, and a little nail polish. It’s been spinning for four hours so far. I like the clickety clickety sound is makes. I shot a little movie of it in action. (It’s an MP4, so you might have to download it to watch it.) Link
Made On Earth — Desktop Wars
A few years ago, Kaden Harris was engraving brass nameplates for a manufacturer of “employee- recognition products.” Now his scaled-down medieval siege weapons bring heart, soul, and serious brains into the otherwise bland genre.
Made On Earth — Ridable Model Trains
If the phrase “Live Steam enthusiasts” conjures up visions of health spa devotees huddled over vapor pools, think again.
Made On Earth — Home-Built Monorail
No rational person denies that monorails are the greatest mode of urban transit ever. So Kim Pedersen built one in his backyard, making it the greatest backyard ever.