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Project Update: Working Star Wars Dejarik Table Finally Here!

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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November 10th, 2015November 10th, 2015 4

Ian Martin shows off his very impressive homemade Star Wars Dejarik table and runs through its functions and game play.

This Foosball Table Is Made Almost Entirely from Cardboard

By Homemade Game Guru

Homemade Game Guru

As a fanatic crafting fan, inventor, author and designer, I just enjoy making new things for the fun of it! I operate an award-winning how-to You Tube channel called The Homemade Game Guru to share my love of creation with people worldwide. Utilizing cardboard in grandiose ways is my specialty.

I also run an unique online design class to help anyone create a Personal Family Tree Board Game. You can sign up for that class here.

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October 31st, 2015October 28th, 2015 1

You can make your own foosball table for about $5. All you need is cardboard, dowels, glue, and a marble or ping pong ball.

6 Ways to Mod Your Old-School Nintendo Controller

By Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy is an engineer with 10 years experience at his full-time profession, and has a BSME from Clemson University. Outside of work he’s an avid maker and experimenter, building anything that comes into his mind!

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September 24th, 2015September 23rd, 2015

If you have some old controllers lying around, let these Nintendo controller mods act as inspiration for bringing your gaming up to snuff.

Homemade Motion Simulator Is Like a Spaceship in Your Living Room

By Cabe Atwell

Cabe Atwell

The one-man ace engineering wrecking crew - If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find me, maybe you can hire... the Cabe-team

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September 1st, 2015August 28th, 2015 3

This homemade 6DOF motion simulator rocks and rolls like a professional rig.

The Labyrinth Game at Trondheim Maker Faire

By Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan is a scientist, author, hacker and tinkerer, who is spending a lot of his time thinking about the Internet of Things. In the past he has mesh networked the Moscone Center, caused a U.S. Senate hearing, and contributed to the detection of what was—at the time—the most distant object yet discovered.

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August 29th, 2015 1

We talk to the makers behind the giant-sized version of the Labyrinth Game — that vexingly difficult “ball through a maze filled with holes” game well all owned when a small child — that was on show at Trondheim Maker Faire.