Year: 2010

CNC sewing machine

CNC sewing machine

MAKE pal Andrew Lewis, who’s part of the Upcraft.it team, created this Arduino powered, servomotor actuated sewing machine: The servos are attached to an Arduino that is programmed to operate in one of three modes: 1) Basic Zigzag – This duplicates the functionality of the original zigzag machine. 2) Pattern Mode – Choose from one […]

Dabbling in alchemy

Dabbling in alchemy

When I was a teen, I was fascinated by alchemy — not so much the whole turning lead into gold part or trying to play God and create tiny little humans in a jar. I was really attracted to the labware, the furnaces, the study of the physical and natural world and its processes — […]