Chuck writes in with another exciting week of tools! – Chuck will also be at Maker Faire, hope to see you there too! Apparently Toolmongers love LED flashlights – cheap ones! Our readers selected a $4 flashlight with 28 LEDs as their number one pick this week, followed by a $60 reciprocating saw and a […]
Taking photographs at a slow shutter speed can really benefit from the camera stabilization afforded by a tripod, but often times lugging around and setting up a tripod isn’t so practical. The string tripod is an old photographer’s trick that will give you a reasonable amount of stabilization, while still allowing you quite a bit […]
Take a break this weekend and start reading this cool new online magazine from our friend Cat at Cut Out + Keep. In the first issue, There’s a crafty interview with Jennifer Perkins of Naughty Secretary Club, a review of CROQ zine, vintage revival tips, and lots, lots more! Link.
The week long day program for kids grades 1 through 6 from the National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation needs more registrations, here are the details from Tom– Hello from Camp Invention! I am writing you today to ask for your help to spread the word about Camp Invention at Whiteman Elementary this summer! If […]
This is a really nice bike chain bowl that will would make a good weekend (re)make project – [via] Link.
Jeremiah writes – The blocks in his ladder are 12-gauge steel sheets forged to put a bend in them, secured with used bicycle chains obtained from local bike shops. The base is a large metal gear found at a scrap and salvage yard. A wheel crank located at the top of the sculpture, also from […]
Sarah writes in – Today, we had an event that seemed right up the Make Magazine alley — The Windy 500. This afternoon, 20 high school teams converged on the Museum of Science, Boston to race in the first-ever Windy 500, a highlight of the Lemelson-MIT Program’s four-day EurekaFest to encourage teens to embrace science, […]
