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Kurt Zimmerman's BB-8 Build
Learn how a Maker built his own full-sized Star Wars BB-8 droid using an odd mix of store-bought supplies and recycled technology.

Add Light Up Effects to Backyard Games
Backyard games like Cornhole are a lot of fun.

Skill Builder: The Best Ways to Cut, Drill, and Glue PVC Pipe
PVC pipe works in all kinds of projects. Whether it's building furniture, making art, or plumbing your sink, use these techniques for a successful project.

Build the Perfect Backyard Wood-Fired Pizza Oven
Build a super-efficient, easy-to-use backyard oven that’ll never put cinders in your pizza.

Sew a Durable Drawstring Bag
This drawstring bag is the perfect way to carry around your stuff!


Rheoscopic Disc Coffee Table
Make this spinning, swirling, self-contained liquid disc and mount it in your table for a gorgeous centerpiece.

Building a Robot Arm Part 2: Designing the Solid Base
This project is part 2 in the building a robot arm tutorial.

Finish Your Trinkets with This DIY Faux Enamel
Here’s a fun tutorial that was used in a DIY project found in a past issue of Make: — the “EZ-Make Oven.” It featured an incandescent bulb, as a heat source, built into a paint can for baking plastisol creatures, aka Creepy Crawlers!

Coffee Roaster: The Nirvana Machine
Lots of folks think that quaffing a cup of coffee from boutique beans comes close to nirvana, but roasting your own beans will bring you even closer.

MacGyver a Semi-Auto Coffee Roaster from 3 Cordless Screwdrivers
Three cordless screwdrivers and a microcontroller = perfect small batch coffee roasting.

Learn to Solder the Adorable Pixel Pal Chip
Soldering is fun and with a little practice it is a skill that anyone can master. Lets start with assembling Chip and his Pixel Power base and then we can plug him into an Arduino and program his eyes.