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Here’s a great photo set of building a cigar box guitar from MAKE Flickr photo member Unosian – Link. Related: Cigar Box Guitar – Build and play this sweet-sounding 3-string instrument in an afternoon. MAKE 04 – Page 76. Cigar box guitar projects – Link.
In MAKE 06 William Gurstelle shows you how to build “tensegrity models” – a “needle tower” sculpture from dowels and elastic cord that seems to defy the laws of physics. MAKE 06 – Page 100 (subscribers read it now)… – Here are some photos from MAKE Flickr photo pool member Drinkumbrella of a newly made […]
Andy writes “I made a log of my Holga film camera to digital camera hack and slash. It lets you get a really lo-fi filmy look with your Nikon D50 digital camera for Holga lovers. I like my real Holga, but sometimes I would like to get the instant feedback of the digital from it. […]
UK art student Lauren Porter spent a good ten months knitting a full size replica of a Ferrari which used about 12 miles of yarn. I like what she says here, “I get men admiring the racing lines and old women look at the needlework.” Link.
Arbel Egger added her paper bead mobile photos to the CRAFT flickr pool. She followed this tutorial on making recycled paper beads and uses scrap paper from old magazines, junk mail, and catalogs. Looks like a fun way to get rid of all that trash! Link. Related: Paper Bead Keychains – Link. Making Paper Beads […]
Jeez, this Nixie clock is made from a ton of cold-cathode tubes – [via] – Link (translated). Related: More Nixie – Link.
Hillary Lang of Wee Wonderfuls has created “Hobbibot 2006”, her sewn vision of a futuristic robot who will knit up our projects for us if we just don’t have time. Hillary explains cheekily, “The latest model even includes a research function which will hunt around for hours online for cute designer patterns and then automatically […]
