Toys, Tricks & Teasers: Fooling Around with Pulleys
MAKE readers hope that the things they make will work as intended. That doesn’t always happen. Meet the fool’s tackle.
Workshop
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the industrial arts from metal and woodworking to CNC machining and 3D printing.
Droid Factory
Milwaukee’s Firefly Workshop.
One-Way Ticket — Pressurizing Plunger
Pressurize with a plunger that pushes but doesn’t pull.
Slag Social
The art and community of the DIY iron pour.
58 Bagley Ave.
The workshop where Henry Ford made his first car.
Make it Anywhere, Part 4: Mobile Lab Systems
We asked Steven Roberts, the venerable “high-tech nomad,” best known for his net-connected, gadget-laden Winnebiko and BEHEMOTH bike projects from the 1980s, to write a series of articles on the amazing new mobile projects lab he’s building, dubbed Polaris. This tricked-out trailer will allow Steve to be ready-to-make wherever he parks, with all manner of […]
Book Review + Giveaway: The Art of Preserving
For me, summer is at its peak when my Dad and I make jam. Ever since I was a kid, we have spent a few weekends each July and August gathering plums, strawberries, blackberries, and apricots to make gleaming jars of preserves. (I always think of Greg Brown’s song “Canned Goods,” where he says “you […]