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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 29th, 2014August 31st, 2015

What do you get when you have a CNC router and your significant other has a beautiful ring that needs to be stored? Possibly this extremely engineered ring box. The video below shows how it works, but be sure to check out the video at the bottom of the build process. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXTFxVgUZ0A] As the […]

Shave Stand from Welded Gears

By Matt Richardson

Matt Richardson

Matt Richardson is a San Francisco-based creative technologist and Contributing Editor at MAKE. He’s the co-author of Getting Started with Raspberry Pi and the author of Getting Started with BeagleBone.

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June 2nd, 2012

Redditor Tye recently posted a set of photos of a hand-crafted shave stand that his friend welded together out of a set of gears.

Maker Faire Goat Eats Microphone

By Brookelynn Morris

Brookelynn Morris

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May 23rd, 2011

Yesterday in Homegrown Village at Maker Faire, our video crew found themselves with a unique gear crisis. During an interview, a goat ate the antenna off the wireless microphone. OM NOM! Get ready for some awesome video maker profiles from Maker Faire coming soon. Subscribe to the MAKE Podcast in iTunes, download the m4v video […]

Pocket spectrum analyzer from $16 toy

By Adam Flaherty

Adam Flaherty

I make cool stuff and write about other people making cool stuff on makezine.com. If you have something you think I should see, send me a tip.

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December 14th, 2010

Check out this repurposed IM-Me instant messaging toy turned pocket spectrum analyzer from embedded hacker Michael Ossmann. What’s more, he’s included source.

Collin’s Lab: Wire Rack Attack!

By Collin Cunningham

Collin Cunningham

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September 16th, 2010 10

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j87PXzF0mJw&fs=1&hl=en&start=0&fs=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&ap=%2526fmt%3D18] Once the growing sprawl of electronic parts starts showing up in your dreams, you know you’ve got some tidying up to do. It can be a challenge to spend quality hacking time on humdrum sorting & parts organization, but of course, in the long run it’s a no-brainer. I’ve yet to discover a […]

Featured Maker: Ricky Wolbrom

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May 4th, 2010

Ricky Wolbrom of New York City is edmdesigns. She creates one-off and limited-edition jewelry items in the steampunk vein. Shown uppermost is her Steampunk Ring with Turquoise Crystal, which was featured in the February 9 issue of Auxiliary magazine. Butterfly. Watch parts, cast silver wings. Steampunk Cuff. Leather, feathers, copper mesh, watch parts, faucet handle. […]

Though they won’t help you communicate secretly with your significant other, these gear rings by Kinekt do look like they would be great to play with.