MAKE’s Ultimate Guide to 3D Printing
Did you miss MAKE’S Ultimate Guide to 3D Printing preview on Google+ earlier this week? Not to worry. It lives forever on YouTube right here.
Month: November 2012
Sharpie Marker Mugs
Whipperberry’s Heather has a great trick for heat-setting Sharpie marker art onto ceramics.
Customized MAKE robot
I’m at the Albuquerque Academy today giving a soldering workshop. We are using the learn to solder kit available in Maker Shed. One student decided to give his robot antennae by not trimming the LED leads and adding blobs of solder to the tips. Very cool!
How-To: Sun-Powered Cardboard Photo Light Box
Snapping crafty photos? Make a sun-powered cardboard light box!
Tool Review: DT-2234C+ Digital Laser Tachometer
In recent years my prejudice against Chinese tools has been proven wrong over and over again, and the DT-2234C+ is no exception. Frankly, this is a fantastic little tool, at a fantastic price, that gets the job done without breaking the bank. Is it cheap? Sure it is, in both common senses of the word. But is it worth every penny of its rock-bottom price? Again: Yes. Many times over.
Hand Embroidered Doctor Who Shoes
Tumblr user Eclectic Wonderland embroidered this impressive pair of shoes by hand to wear to an upcomming Doctor Who convention.
Steve Norris’s PatrolBot Mark II
This gorgeous robot patrols Steve Norris’s yard, and honks its horn and squirts water when it spots an intruder.