Month: August 2010

How-To: Spray bike makeover

How-To: Spray bike makeover

Learn to strip down and repaint an old bike in this CRAFT project sponsored by Krylon. MAKE staffer Sheena Stevens shows off the made-over Space Cruiser in the pic above! Brookelynn Morris writes: My friend had a classic beach bike that she rode around town every day for years. It is a good bike with […]

Recycled computer wire dress

Recycled computer wire dress

Rachel @ CRAFT writes: Last week was Austin Fashion Week, and there were some truly amazing garments and accessories featured all over town. One of my favorites was this fantastic dress from local designer, Tina Sparkles, called Systems Supernova. Tina created the dress for the Keep Austin Beautiful Recycled Fashion Show. Top image by Andrew […]

Reader-built laminar water jet

Reader-built laminar water jet

Mike Pantrey, aka Flickr user Mrsuperpants, saw Phil’s post on Friday about Dave’s homemade laminar water jet and “in two evenings of tinkering in the garage, and some time reading up the background over a couple of lunchtimes” produced his own version, shown here. Construction details are available on Mike’s personal site. He cites The Laminar Project Forum as a valuable design resource.