Dave at Pop Sci has a fun motorized paper airplane you can build, he writes – The single-sheet paper airplanes you made when you were a kid (or perhaps last week in your cubicle) were, well, kid stuff compared to this beefed-up paper craft, which uses an electric motor from an old pager or toy […]
There’s a way to take photos through a microscope, telescope, or binoculars with a regular digital camera and no special lense adapter. The trick is to use the macro mode on your camera. With a bit of positioning and focus tweaking, you should be able to get a clear photo. If you use a tripod […]
The Steel Yard had a special class for this Mother’s Day weekend: Why not spend Mother’s Day weekend doing something special with Mom–like playing with fire and getting dirty! This workshop is similar to our Weekend Welding Workshop except that this weekend is set aside especially for mothers and their children to take the course […]
This weekend’s podcast was all about how to print your own designs on t-shirts! A quick search of the craft flickr pool proved that lots of people do this. Haven’t done it yet? Watch the video and read the pdf, get your supplies and get ready to rock it with your own t-shirt designs. Weekend […]
Happy Mother’s Day from everyone at MAKE & CRAFT! (Pictured here, Natalie from CRAFT as kiddo, with costume Mom made & Mom)… Nat put together a Mother’s Day gift guide @ CRAFT – Link. Skype Mother’s day (free global calls today)… Link. Send Mom a geogreeting – Link. And here’s an interesting link sent in […]
Chuck has the latest in tools, don’t forget the Toolmonger crew will be at Maker Faire too! This week we found some sweet-looking “engineer’s squares” – steel squares ranging from 2″ to 6″ that are perfect for squaring a power saw blade before cutting. They’re available in sets (complete with a wooden display case) for […]
The future, powered by steam, and at Maker Faire with Crabfu- So what do you do after you’ve made a bunch of steam powered r/c tanks? Well you try making a steam turbine tank of course! Making a steam turbine r/c machine has sort of been one of my Holy Grails, but there are many […]
