Free shipping in the Maker Shed ends today
Today is the last day to take advantage of free shipping in the Maker Shed. So what’s the catch? The offer is available on orders of $125 or more, shipped to an address in the continental US.
Kits
Make: Electronics kits for pre-order in the Shed
Photos of the prototypes of the Make: Electronics Components Packs. Our art department is still working on lovely sticker art for the cases. Each will also come with a cool Maker Shed Electronics Cheat Sheet (with resistor code values, etc). They’ve been months in the making, in fact, the robo-elves in the Shed are […]
Maker Business: Jenny Hart’s “Crafting a Business” column
Illustration (by Alicia Traveria) for “The Many Arms of Promotion,” by Jenny Hart, Venuszine. Our pal, Jenny Hart, of Austin’s Sublime Stitching, has a monthly column called “Crafting a Business with Jenny Hart” over on Venuszine. There’s a lot of information here that’s applicable to any type of crafting/maker business. It seems to me that […]
DIY Music comes to Maker Shed, killer guitar kits!
I am over the moon with excitement for these new Saga guitar (and banjo, mandolin) kits the Maker Shed is now carrying. I’ve been ogling such kits ever since Steve Lodefink did a kit-guitar project on his blog. These instrument kits require just enough work that you feel like you’ve really accomplished something, and you […]
Custom DIY MIDI controller boards
Livid’s Builder series consists of a central USB-MIDI “Brain” board plus several input boards, each size-customizable for use with LED pushbuttons, rotary potentiometers, or faders. The system could definitely speed-up construction of that controller-of-your-dreams project – just be sure you won’t end up wanting a few more buttons after you’ve drilled/cut the enclosure (guessing I […]
In the Market: “Funky metal trees”
I love watching Makers Market filling up each day with amazing new work, with offerings that run the gamut from inexpensive geeky gadgetry to one of a kind pieces of art. One of the discoveries I’ve recently gone gaga over is the wire and wood tree sculptures by Kevin, dba “kaitrees.” As he explains in […]
Back in the Maker Shed: Drawdio
Drawdio is an electronic pencil that lets you make music while you draw! Essentially, it’s a very simple musical synthesizer that uses the conductive properties of pencil graphite to create different sounds. The result is a fun toy that lets you draw musical instruments on any piece of paper. It’s a lot of fun to […]