Bre made a LASER TAG case for his MP3 player, if you haven’t seen it, check it out (and how to build one yourself). Ok fine, here’s my case mod for the MAKE: Open source MP3 player – laser cut acrylic, a MintyBoost -as- a power supply and uses USB rechargeable batteries, we call it […]
Tymm writes – “Hot air/hot plate/toaster oven soldering with solder paste are generally much easier than soldering by hand for circuits with more than a few SMD components. And a soldering stencil to accurately place consistent amounts of solder is much easier than laying down trails of solder with a syringe — and there’s much […]
David writes – “An image scanner can make great pictures of circuit boards. Not only are the pictures clear, they are very high resolution and have nearly perfect scaling. Perfect scaling means that you can actual make measurements from the image. Try that with a digital camera!” – Link.
Step in the MAKE time machine and take a look back what some makers were doing 50 and 70 years ago. Old fashion built-in nav system. Compass Mounted on Hat Brim Is Handy Guide for Hiker, Popular Mechanics 12-1936 – Link. Ancient version of the iBot. Motorized Wheel Chairs Step Over Curbs and Climb Stairs, […]
OK Makers, you asked and we’re delivering – we’re working all weekend on the MAKE: warranty voider Leatherman pocket tools (electronics and plier versions) – we have stock again, we are laser etching them up right now! So— get’em while they’re hot, literally. Go go go! MAKE: Warranty Voider – Leatherman “Squirt” E4 (electronics version) […]
Wow, Ben Heck is busy – here are a couple project he kicked out this weekend… Design a 2D robo-hand – I’m going to download the files and pop them in the laser tonight (hopefully!)… For today’s How-To we’re going to go through the process of designing a somewhat complex item that can be cut […]
Alan from Hackedgadgets alerted me to an ebay auction for a lot of old science and engineering magazines, there was a little time left and with my self-imposed budget of under $20 here’s the auction I won, $9.50! – Link. The folks who sell them still have some auctions, so now that I picked up […]
