Maker Faire: Day One
The first day of Maker Faire opened Saturday with an exuberant crowd of tinkerers, experimentalists, artists, hobbyists, and of course, makers.
Workshop
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the industrial arts from metal and woodworking to CNC machining and 3D printing.
Tinkercad Is Back! Autodesk Is Buying It
Autodesk announced today they’ve signed a deal to acquire Tinkercad and revive the popular web-based 3D design tool and its growing community of makers and educators.
A Steam-Powered Printing Press at Maker Faire
At Maker Faire Bay Area the crew from Kinetic Steam Works are hard at work on turning the power of steam into the power of the pen.
How-To: Simple Wooden Rings
Create your own beautiful wooden jewelry with this simple wooden ring tutorial!
Make: Inventions “Etch A Sketch”
In his first episode of Make: Inventions, Steve Hoefer takes a look at the Etch A Sketch, the enduring kids toy invented by Andre Cassagnes
Tricks for DIY Tuning Pegs
Tom Fox of Vulpestruments has been making his own stringed instruments for years. Check out the myriad of DIY ways he keeps them all in tune.
Grow: A Portable CNC Router System
The Grow CNC, a portable CNC router system: I am the James Dyson Fellow at the Royal College of Art’s InnovationRCA. I have developed a new type of portable full scale flat bed CNC router. The design is aimed at professional power tool users and maker/hackers alike. The design is modular in nature, and can […]