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Making Felt Board Stories

In this tutorial, we’ll make a simple felt character for our stories.

I don’t have a formal pattern for this particular handbag, but wanted to share tips on how I made it. So far, I’ve been “freeforming” it on every counterfeit handbag I’ve made, trying to be inventive on how to interpret the textures and parts. I’m hoping that folks try out their own techniques and ideas […]

One-Ton Linear Servo

RC hobby servomotors were just made for hacking. What’s not obvious is how much you can hack them — with a few tricks, you can use a servo to control almost anything. Hobby servos consist of a DC gear motor, a potentiometer (usually 5K), and a control circuit. The output shaft is the output of […]

String Puppet from Three Socks

With three socks, two stick-on eyes, and a thin scrap of material, in half an hour you will have a simple string puppet. (Although, if you use glue to attach the eyes, you will have to wait for the glue to dry. I suggest that you let it dry overnight if you can wait that […]