In this Weekend Projects Video Podcast, Bre Pettis teaches how to make a wallet out of tape. It’s fun, it’s functional, and you probably already have the supplies on hand. Watch the video, go make a wallet, then take it to another level and make something out of tape that no-one has ever done! Make […]
Download the PDF, print it out, watch the video, and then go make a wallet! Make your own modifications and improvements, and make your wallet exactly the way you want it! Tools: Scissors Ruler Hobby knife (optional) Materials: Tape. I want my wallet to be black and red, so I used black Gaffer Tape, which […]
A year ago we started sending MAKE PDFs through iTunes, we were hoping it would catch on and eventually become another way to distribute eBooks – we have some more stuff planned that should be out this week too, so – I’m hoping Makers out there can help test. I just put MAKE 06 – […]
Every week, I’ll be bringing you a project that you can make over the weekend. For this first podcast, you can learn how to make a workbench for your garage, studio, or get your priorities straight and put it in your livingroom! Supply list: 1 sheet of 1/2″ plywood, standard 4’x8′. 6 2x4s 8′ long […]
Here’s another PCB making how-to, this one from Per Svensson – “In this album I’ll show how I go about making my own PCB:s in a really simple way. I don’t use one single tool that isn’t already available in your kitchen. No fancy etch tanks, pumps or uv lamps are needed. Read on and […]
After interviewing I-Wei, I told him that his robots reminded me of Miyazaki’s animation work and he told me that he was in fact an animator by day and steam-roboteer at night and found inspiration with Miyazaki’s work. The walking steambot captured my imagination. I want to see one of those locomotive size walking down […]
I found CTP in the artbot section of Robogames with his Arca Musarithmica. Check out his photoset of it and watch the video. This experimental musical instrument gets it’s name from an autonomous musical instrument invented by Athanasius Kircher, a Jesuit priest, in the 16th centurey. Kircher was a brilliant inventor, scientist, and creator, but […]
