Makers are getting involved, taking to heart our call to help build this new Make: Projects wiki, and the results are great. We’re building up a nice library of projects, technique, and primer articles; they come from projects we do ourselves, from the magazine, and from the greater maker community. Thanks to everyone who’s checked […]
Todd writes in – Longtime reader. Just wanted to pass along a little project I just had made. I have always loved this design from supposed Time Traveler John Titor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Titor). I used Etsy’s Alchemy service to have it laser cut out of wood. I think it turned out wonderfully. Even if the story was […]
A circle cut from an old pair of jeans has been ornately embellished with a variety of ribbons and brass buttons to create this super cool denim beret! This beret is just one of dozens of projects in Nancy Minsky’s book, Denim Revolution. Make this beret from an old pair of jeans this weekend. Download […]
At Maker Faire Detroit, each maker was given a credential to sport. They had a place to write your name, and served to let everyone know you were part of the event. If you have ever met a maker, you know that we are the sort who will modify anything and everything we can get […]
Further proving my belief that al crafters, artists, and makers are the nicest people on the face of the earth, I sent a note to the crew at Maptote asking if I could stop by while attending BlogHer. Sure enough, they invited me over to get a sneak peek at their Brooklyn workspace.
From the Thingiverse blog: Rhys Jones’s set of tweezers consists of PLA and silicone, printed in one run. KeanuWoah! A couple of days ago, we needed another set of tweezers for the RepRap lab. Naturally, rather than going and buying a pair I thought I’d RepRap them. After a quick search around Thingiverse for inspiration, […]
Ladyada writes – This is actually not any sort of product or public project (!) – its something we designed to help me evaluate solar panels and how they act when charging batteries. Normally this requires a lot of multimeters and its a bit of a pain to do if you have to constantly change […]
