Simple and satisfying craft technique from Photojojo: Take pictures of your favorite object, print them at 1:1 scale on inkjet canvas, and sew the pictures together to make a hollow cloth version that looks like the real thing. Use it as a pouch or a slipcover that advertises what it contains or, alternately, conceals it. [via CRAFT]
From Home Gunsmith Forum user rhmc24: Using chambers cut off 12 ga. scrap barrels and a new $10 bbl for an Italian auto shotgun, the only other gun part is a scrapped hammer from a 1857 Remington perc revolver. Loads like a SAA Colt but underlever rotates and cocks it. Blow-by is negligible, hardly noticeable […]
Just saw these in a magazine and, although have never tried a pair, I am intrigued. If, like me, you’ve spent a lot of time fumbling with cheap tweezers, I might humbly suggest that, like me, you will discover that a bit of extra scratch spent on a quality pair will prove well worth it. And if, like me, you’ve ever ruined a pair of nice tweezers by tossing them carelessly in your luggage, you may, like me, also be curious about these folding precision tweezers from pocketweez.com. I’m gonna spring for a pair, I think, and I’ll let you know how it works out. In the meantime, if anybody’s got any first-hand experience or opinions, kindly let us know, below!
Built mostly from Lego Technic elements by Brickshelf user barman, who credits the idea to a model displayed at Brickfest 2006 by one Jason Allermann. Looks like it can’t really expand that far. Still cool, though.
With the Solar TV Remote project from MAKE Volume 25, you’ll never have to replace your remote control’s batteries again. Instead, just leave it in the sun to charge up! This project is fairly easy and you may already have most of the tools and supplies you’ll need. It might also make you feel slightly […]
Delicious, trend-setting Sous Vide cooking entails food that’s vacuum-sealed in plastic pouches and then immersed in a precisely controlled hot water bath to achieve optimal doneness. We were talking about it last year on the Makezine.com blog and now we show you how to make your own Sous Vide cooker in the new issue of […]
Make: magazine’s John Park builds an ultrasonic distance sensor using an Arduino, PING sensor, and 7-Segment Shield, all from the Maker Shed. http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/05/ultrasonic_arduino_tape_measure.html
