Keeping with this weekend’s theme of old Maker books – Practical Projects for the Handy Man from Popular Mechanics 1913 – The book contains over 700 practical projects (and over 800 illustrations) with instructions for making kites, steam engines, cameras, toasters, swimming pools, lanterns, sundials, hammocks, model boats, and much more. Ingenious writes – “It’s […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Guero Loco made a “barber pole” type light with standard Lytec EL wire Link. Previously: EL wire lamp project. Make a Glowing, Wearable, EL-Wire, Blinky Light Using Open Source Tools by Mikey Sklar.
Wayn3w pointed out this great ebook from the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation – “Things To Make by Archibald Williams – Whether you simply want to travel back into the mind of a young boy at the beginning of the twentieth century, or want to try your hand at some interesting projects in carpentry, machinery, […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Djbones writes – “I’m building the kite aerial photography timer circuit from Make magazine vol 2, and this is the prototype. I changed the circuit a bit from the magazine, because sometimes just keeping the kite up for more than a minute is a challenge. I used a 2 ohm […]
Kevin writes – “My wife came to me one day and said something to the effect of: “I want a purse made outta seatbelts. Make me one.” Now, I had never heard of something like this much less seen one. Keeping this in mind I said I would get right on it. That first product […]
NickTASC writes – “Perfect for all makers that enjoy reading on a lazy day. 441 pages of projects from 1882 aimed at young boys looking for out door fun. Way too many projects to list, but a few of the chapters cover: War Kites, Home-made fishing tackle, Stocking and keeping a marine aquarium, Underwater telescopes, […]
Juiceboxfan has some photos of an XD socket hack, NAND flash hack and a MP3 kit socket extender hack for the low-cost (now hackable) kid’s toy – the Juicebox Link. If you’re interested in building your own projects with a Juicebox, here’s a good place to get started. Also, see previous Juicebox hacking posts and […]
