Marple200 writes– I’ve wanted to build a custom bicycle for many years. I started wondering how fat of a tire I could accommodate on a bicycle. I had seen pictures of the Hanebrink Technologies extreme terrain bicycle, but wanted something still more extreme. The problem I considered was one of drive train alignment. With the […]
During Maker Faire Bay Area back in May, we had the pleasure of having the Craftzine area situated right across from the ILoveToCreate booth, where Crafty Chica, Kathy Cano-Murillo spent the weekend demoing glitter-filled crafts. It wasn’t unusual to visit her booth and come back trailing glitter on our shoes or clothes, but we were […]
“Atmos” is a type of mechanical clock, manufactured since 1935 by Jaeger-LeCoultre in Switzerland. The Atmos needs no batteries, no electric power, and never needs to be wound. All it requires to run indefinitely is an ambient temperature change of at least 1 degree Celsius in the range between 15 and 30 C. The clock stores mechanical energy from the thermal expansion and contraction of an hermetically sealed capsule containing a mixture of gaseous and liquid compounds formulated to provide maximum volumetric changes with temperature. The mechanism is illustrated here. Atmos clocks are laboriously handmade and very expensive, and are commonly gifted by the Swiss government upon visiting heads of state.
A bicycle-mounted ice cream maker: This would be a fun way to make a snack for your next picnic or party. I’m always forgetting to make something to bring to a friends house, and would love to be able to just load this up and head out!
Etsy put up a nice guidelines post about framing artwork for the longest possible life and health of the work including paintings, photographs, prints, etc. The above photo was framed without a mat to separate it from the glass.
Mark has been working on variations of this electric violin for a few months now at the Boston Fab Lab. For Friday’s Learn 2 Teach Project Exposition, he got it into a playable condition and demonstrated it to visitors at the South End Technology Center. He used Open Office Draw to design the files, and […]
From the picture quality, this looks like an oldie but a goodie. This full scale car replica was made with almost a million matchsticks. Crazy! More: Matchstick art MatchstickMan – The incredible Matchstick Uke Sydney Harbour Bridge made of matchsticks Eiffel tower made of matches
