Month: May 2011

The Latest In Hobby Robotics 07

Frits Lyneborg is back in his workshop in Denmark, with his guest this week: Andrew “ignoblegnome” from New Jersey. The show is revealing great news for fans of The Yellow Drum Machine (tutorial in June’s upcoming MAKE Volume 27), and a look at a Matrix-inspired version of “The leave me alone box”. Links related to […]

How-To: Pencil Skirt From Scratch

A pencil skirt is one of my favorite fashion items. It’s timeless, classic and always sophisticated and a bit flirty. I may spend most of my time in jeans and Chucks, but I wouldn’t mind having more occasions for which a pencil skirt would be in order. This tutorial from Lizzie of C&C shows how […]

Playable Lego Ukulele

Playable Lego Ukulele

Ross Crawford’s brick ukulele can be played and its four strings are tuned to C, F, A and D. This model has to be able to withstand the tension of 4 fairly tight strings without exploding. I ended up using a pre-stressed Technic rod up the middle of the neck, which allowed the head to […]