AXM Paper Space Scale Models
Our own Rachel Hobson spotted this awesome collection of papercraft real-life spaceship models from AXM Paper Space Scale Models, which are freely available for download. [via CRAFT]
DIY Projects
Hand-held bat signal
Spotted in the MAKE Flickr Pool. this hand-held bat signal based, in part, on the Alien Projector from MAKE Volume 16. From Flickr user Oceaneer99.
How-To: Build your own panoramic film camera
Over at Fun Science Gallery, this English translation of a 2002 article by Giorgio Carboni describing, in great detail, the construction of this beautiful homemade rotating-objective panoramic film camera. It’s made of brass and plastic stock. [Thanks, Billy Baque!]
Intern’s Corner: DIY LED yo-yo side caps
Every other week, MAKE’s awesome interns tell about the projects they’re building in the Make: Labs, the trouble they’ve gotten into, and what they’ll make next. By Eric Chu, engineering intern There aren’t many low-budget ways to customize one’s yo-yo. The most common ones are either painting or dyeing, but they’re limited: paint chips off […]
New in the Maker Shed: Atari punk console kit
The Atari punk console kit is a simple and fun sound generator that would make a great stocking stuffer. The original circuit was developed by Forrest M. Mims III.
DIY micro projector
Jim K writes in to share this fun-looking project, a DIY handheld projector. Similar to the larger homebrew video projectors we have covered in the past, this one uses the screen from a portable TV screen to make a handheld micro projector.
How-To: Build your own field camera
British camera restorer Rayment Kirby has a cool tutorial on how (and why) to make your own antique-style field camera from wood and brass. Mr. Kirby seems to follow the convention that the “Field” of “field camera” is an eponym and should be capitalized, whereas the Wikipedia article does not. Can anyone clarify? Was there a “Mr. Field?” Or a “Mrs. Field?” [Thanks, Billy!]
