They’ve got to be heavy, and I can’t imagine how they might ride, but there’s no denying the post-apocalyptic awesomeness of sporting a bike you welded up yourself from a pile of rebar. Up top is a shot from the consistently-amusing-but-often-offensive There, I Fixed It, that got me Googling around for more….
It’s Geek Crafts month on CRAFT, where we’ve re-released my LED Embroidery tutorial. Stitch a circuit with conductive thread to make a light-up wall hanging! There’s a video, PDF template, and, of course, step-by-step instructions. In the Maker Shed: LED Sewing Kit
Think Reactable from Björk’s Volta tour meets Revenge of the Nerds jam band meets a steel drum playing organ grinder. That about sums up this fabulous technobusker apparatus that’s sure to attract numerous patrons.
A Seattle family exposed to the virulent penny floor meme has contracted a more expensive (and therefore probably less contagious) mutant strain that metabolizes nickels instead of pennies. I do like the different color effect this achieves, but by my math (and depending on how much space you leave between the coins) penny flooring costs between $2.50 and $3.00 per square foot, whereas nickel flooring costs four times as much ($10-$12). I did not bother to compute costs for quarter-, dime- (ouch), or Sacagawea dollar-flooring, on the assumption that no one would ever go there. But if they do, please, nobody tell me about it.
In honor of Geek Crafts month on CRAFT, we put up Brookelynn Morris’ LED Hula Hoop tutorial on Make: Projects. LED hula hoops are so beautiful to watch, and creating a custom hoop is a satisfying challenge. Twenty-one LEDs are used in this hoop; 6 are flashing LEDs that cycle through the colors of the […]
I love no-frills plywood furniture. Admittedly, some of these look about as comfortable as a burlap sack full of rocks, but still, big points for minimalism and DIY aesthetics. They’re for sale, by designers ROLU, but geez, if you’re gonna own something that looks like you made it yourself you might as well have the pleasure, and the pride, of actually having made it yourself. Good for inspiration, though. [via Core77]
Neat DIY hot tub dug into the ground, framed by logs, heated by hot rocks!
