This might just be the ultimate in crafting with nature: making your own spider silk thread. Instructables user Persona gathered abandoned Orb spider webs in her South Carolina backyard and combined the silk fibers to create a continuous strand. It’s a lot of work for not much thread, but it almost doesn’t matter if she […]
I just created an account for myself over at our new site Make: Projects. (BTW and FYI, The user interface for signing up might be the most streamlined process on any site I’ve ever used) The site is a wiki for tutorials and is filled with great content. Of course I was immediately drawn to […]
FreeTrack is an open-source head tracking program for Windows.
Linus Ã…kesson’s Chipophone is a 8-bit synth built into an old electric organ. All the original tone-generating parts have been disconnected, and the keys, pedals, knobs and switches rerouted to a microcontroller which transforms them into MIDI signals. Those are then parsed by a second microcontroller, which acts as a synthesizer. The synthesizer is implemented […]
By Nicole Vasbinder If zippers are one of the most intimidating things in sewing, well buttonholes are a close second! Not to fear, I will show you just how simple and fast they are when you have the proper tools. And did you know that you can sew on a button by machine? Read the […]
Nikol here. I’m down to the torso. I still have another ball to knit on the torso before I have to commit to a sleeve, but I have no idea which way I want to go. Tip: If you haven’t picked out a button yet, you can use a mini pinback button as a placeholder […]
In the Make: Online Toolbox, we focus mainly on tools that fly under the radar of more conventional tool coverage: in-depth tool-making projects, strange, or specialty tools unique to a trade or craft that can be useful elsewhere, tools and techniques you may not know about, but once you do, and incorporate them into your […]
