Handmade Settlers of Catan gameboard
From the MAKE Flickr pool Sean_st shares pics of his homegrown Settlers of Catan boardgame. He even carved his own buildings and roads from soapstone & alabaster! Have a closer look at his work on Flickr.
DIY Projects
Kindle etching and DIY adventures (video)
The Engadget Show: Kindle etching and DIY adventures with Adafruit Industries. Some footage and a tour of the show at Adafruit, I hang out there quite a bit :) Josh writes – If you’ll recall, some months ago we held a little competition for readers to submit artwork destined for laser-etching on the backsides of […]
RPM pinhole cameras, kits, and free plans
RPM cameras sells handmade mat-board pinhole cameras, optionally cased in leather as shown above. They’ll sell you a kit for half the price of a finished camera, and they also host a free tutorial on how to build a simple version for yourself. [Thanks, Billy Baque!]
Attach an SLR lens to an iPhone with the Phone-O-Scope
Camera hacker Bhautik Joshi, who brought us the brilliant DIY tilt-shift lens hack, has produced another great optical device. Detailed instructions on his site walk you through the creation of the Phone-O-Scope, an optical coupler that allows an iPhone to accept a standard SLR lens.
Tic Tac mini synth
Unigamer points out Andy Gadget’s Instructable for building an ultra-portable melody/beat box – super cute! This tiny box will give you hours of fun composing your own tunes. You can vary the tune tempo and switch between a pentatonic and blues scale as well as producing a variety of percussion sounds. Load up a different […]
Chumbophone – antiqued Chumby Guts
Etsy member AbrahamBook has been bitten by the Chumby Guts bug. He’s converted several ancient objects into modern wifi-enabled chumtainment devices. I asked him about what he was aiming for in this latest piece:
My Chumby creation started with an original Chumby although I have produced three similar devices from the Chumby Guts kit. I much prefer producing my devices with the Chumby Guts kit as it is always a messier build when having to undo a stock Chumby configuration. On the occasion that I set out to create the “Chumbaphone” I had used all of my “Guts” kits and Maker Shed had since run dry
DIY electric car: Hammerhead Eagle i-Thrust
Looking for the ultimate DIY gift for the holiday season? Yeah, me too! How about building your own electric car? It won’t go more than 55 mph, and the seats happen to be green lawn chairs, but it will save you some money at the pump.