Crochet Fire Starter
Good luck getting an actual spark from it, but I’m still doting on 203gow’s amigurumi fire starter.
Month: December 2009
DIY Flashlamp-pumped organic dye laser
My friend Jon Singer has been experimenting with creating a relatively-cheap, straightforward flashlamp-pumped dye laser. This first-blush version uses caps he bought on eBay. As he refines the design, he hopes to avoid as many commercial components as possible. This proof-of-concept build was attempting to answer the musical question: Is a dozen Joules enough to […]
New Year’s Noise Makers
Brenda on Alpha Mom shows you how to make these festive New Year’s Noise Makers out of empty raisin boxes.
Cool CNC-friendly desk lamp design
Pedro Mealha was inspired by those 3D plywood dinosaur kits when he designed this lamp, called rhizome, the armature of which is a great example of the emerging “router aesthetics” Bruce Sterling wrote about back in MAKE Volume 11. I also like the wooden race and exposed ball-bearings that let it pivot at the base. Now if we can just persuade him to post the DXF files on Thingiverse… [via Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories]
Awesome flying drawbridge
This thing is called the “Slauerhoffbrug,” and it lives in Leeuwarden in the Netherlands. The road section is lifted on a single massive counterbalanced arm up to 90 degrees in the air. There’s a good photo gallery, including aerial views, over on frozenly.com. [via Neatorama]
Almond Flour Scones
Make these gluten and grain-free almond flour scones from Tiffany at Art Food & Motherhood. Tiffany writes: My friend, Cindy, brought over a batch of these amazing scones the week I gave birth to Emmanuelle. They gave me the much needed energy that was necessary for nursing a newborn and for regaining my strength. Plus […]
New in the Maker Shed: Thingamagoop 2
Make, mod, hack, and bend your own analog noise monster with the new Thingamagoop 2 kit from the Maker Shed! Great for beginners with it’s detailed instructions and photos of each step. Advanced users can taking advantage of the Arduino integration, control voltage in and out, or just bend it like crazy!