Gary is a friend of a friend of mine. He is a master of building high-quality solutions to problems in his shop. Just watch how he adapts a dust hood to his lathe. The notched stick he crafts for adjusting the hood angle is a thing of beauty.
Here’s a thorough tutorial by gerlindagrimes (Atlanta, GA) on building your own cigar box guitar. We sure love them ’round here! More: Intern’s Corner: Cigar Box Guitar bloopers Intern’s Corner: Naked piezo pickup for Cigar Box Guitar Weekend Project: Electric Cigar Box Guitar Cigar Box Guitar Build notes Maker Workshop – Cigar Box Guitar on […]
Everything tastes better in the backcountry. Fact. To bump your trail gourmet status to the next level (and impress your hiking buddies beyond measure), try whipping up a batch of Backcountry Tiramisu. Backpacker magazine provides you with the recipe (below) and a great how-to video. Backcountry Tiramisu Serves 2-3 Ingredients 1/3 cup water 2 tsp […]
Instructables user xraywinedrinker shows us how to convert an old wine barrel into a sink for outdoor use. Classy and practical, I love it!
Our own Matt Mets has a great project up where he makes homebrew camera flash triggers with xBee radios: A year and a half ago, I started dabbling with using off-camera flash units, in order to exact better control over the lighting in my photographs. Of course, to do this, I had to invest in […]
Are you a fan of cotton candy that wishes you could enjoy the fluffy confection year-round? This DIY cotton candy machine from tukenmez0kalem seems like it could get you through the leaner months.
Got your parts for the Make: Robot Build contest, and want to build something with them, but not sure exactly what yet?
