Month: December 2011

Beautiful Freeform Headphone Amp

I wrote just last week about British electronics hobbyist Rupert Hirst’s method and homemade tools for bending his own aluminum project enclosures. This artfully-soldered PCB-free headphone jack amplifier is his latest project, and it only serves to reaffirm my impression of Rupert as a man with a refined sense of the aesthetics of DIY electronics. To top it off, he knows how to take a photo, too. The copper wire was harvested from cable intended for home wiring. Looks like Rupert intends to cast the whole thing in clear resin as a finishing touch.

Continue Reading December 16th, 2011 Sean Michael Ragan10

Embroidered “Bejeweled” Shirt Project From Sublime Stitching

Jenny Hart of Sublime Stitching was recently a guest on the television program, Sew It All TV, where she demonstrated how to dress up simple shirts with stitchery. The sweet boatneck shirt pattern and the embroidery pattern for creating a “bejeweled” design on it is available for download over on the Sew It All TV […]

Continue Reading December 16th, 2011 Rachelhobson

Gift Guide: Green Thumb

Here are my gift suggestion for someone who loves to garden: make sure the sun shines. A lot. And that it rains, preferably at the right time to make seeds grow but not so much that they get moldy. Simple, right?? Not helpful you say? Well, since gardeners are at the mercy of the elements, […]

Continue Reading December 16th, 2011 Arwen O'Reilly Griffith

Greenfield Village’s Glass Shop

During the holidays, you can bet you’ll see a candy cane just about anywhere you look. But have you seen blown glass candy canes? I’m thinking you might not have unless, that is, you’ve stopped by Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Mich., and paid a visit to the Liberty Craftworks Glass Shop. I had the pleasure […]

Continue Reading December 16th, 2011 Bridesmaidlish4

Meet the Makers, MAKE Volume 28: William Gurstelle

If you read MAKE or visit Makezine regularly, you likely know William Gurstelle. He is our resident trebuchet enthusiast and the author of several high-octane how-to books, including Backyard Ballistics, Whoosh Boom Splat, The Art of the Catapult, Absinthe and Flamethrowers, and The Practical Pyromaniac. In MAKE Volume 28, Bill wrote an article on making a Gravity Catapult…

Continue Reading December 16th, 2011 Mark Frauenfelder

Vintage Bulb Wreath

The Thompson Family blog shows us a great Christmas wreath idea using retro colored bulbs. I love this look!

Continue Reading December 16th, 2011 Meg Allan Cole6

Making Music with the Magnetotron

Our own Michael Colombo created an instrument called the Magnetotron as a project for his New Interfaces for Musical Expression class at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program. Inspired by the glass armonica and the Mellotron, this instrument is made out of a large spinning cylinder with audio cassette tape glued to it. Recorded on each strip of audio tape is a different note, which can be played by placing paddles on them.

Continue Reading December 16th, 2011 Matt Richardson4

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