Craig Smith of South Milwaukee wrote in to share his excellent hobbit door he built in his fence: At my backyard fence to the alley, I did something a bit different for the gate; A Hobbit door. The fence panels had higher and lower stringers added so the curved cut would allow the small segments […]
Makers are getting involved, taking to heart our call to help build this new Make: Projects wiki, and the results are great. We’re building up a nice library of projects, technique, and primer articles; they come from projects we do ourselves, from the magazine, and from the greater maker community. Thanks to everyone who’s checked […]
Diana Eng runs through the basics of how to set up a traditional HF amateur radio station at home.
We’re thrilled with the response that we’ve been getting to our new Make: Projects platform. We’re building up a nice library of projects, technique, and primer articles from us and user-submitted projects from the maker community. Thanks to everyone who’s checked us out and chipped in. Here are just a few items from the site. […]
Instructables user duesentrieb writes: I like LEDs. And I like torches (flashlights). I have always been looking for a torch that combines all LED colours that I want, including infrared and ultraviolet. As this combination is hard to come by, or extremely sumptuous, I chose to build one myself using a cheap torch bought on […]
Nice, a no-weld bike trailer! Instructables user Frenzy shows us how to make one from scavenged parts. More: Collapsible bike trailer has comfortable bunk for camper How-To: Simple bike trailer The Bamboo bicycle trailer & DIY bicycle trailers Backpack bike trailer
Great storage idea from user tluwelyn of survivalist community Alpha Disaster Contingencies. Dimensional lumber is bolted together to make Ts and Ls that, in turn, are bolted to the ceiling joists. Heavy-duty storage totes are then slid in and suspended by their molded-in rims. Looks like there’s still plenty of room to park cars underneath.
