DIY Fox Lamp
This is the cutest lamp ever! I love this DIY fox lamp that I found on Oh Dee Doh by matsutake blog.
Month: December 2011
The Weekend Projects Circuit Board Challenge
One thing we’ve encountered in our weekly beginning electronics series, Weekend Projects, is that there are several ways to fabricate the same circuit.
Tool Review: Crocodile Action Ear Forceps
This is a surgical instrument designed, originally, for operating inside the ear. Unlike regular tweezers or forceps, the action of the jaws is “disconnected” from the action of the handles by a long, sliding linkage that allows the jaws to be passed through a very narrow opening, and a long distance inside that opening, without impeding their operation at all.
How-To: Mosaic Ball Ornaments
I had just signed up to do a handmade ornament swap with the other CRAFT writers when I came across these beautiful paper maché mosaic decorations at Glittering Shards. What makes these ornaments extra special is the hidden pink heart made of clay that two kids – Toby and Isabella – sealed inside, along with […]
Zero to Maker: Explaining Yourself
Having lived across the country from my family for many years, the holidays always involved a lot of explaining of what I was up to. This year, I had the unique challenge of trying to explain my quest to start making things. I realized the complexity of this when, in reference to the Zero to Maker column, my younger brother asked me, “So, David, how’s your writing going?”
Kitten Laser Christmas Cards
Everything’s better with embroidered lasers, especially when it’s a kitten Christmas card. Thanks to Lisa Riddle of nowvember for giving her kitten cards a holiday spin.
Unusual Copper Oxide Thermopile
Nyle Steiner of SparkBangBuzz never fails to impress with his old-fashioned hand-on approach to electronics. Whether he’s improvising memristors from bits of junk he picked up off the ground, building audio oscillators using blobs of zinc instead of transistors or tubes, or whipping up an atmospheric-nitrogen laser using a few scraps of aluminum and a power supply, Nyle’s projects always serve to remind me that electronics is about much, much more than just soldering together components that came out of a factory somewhere.