(NPR photo by Jolie Myers) MAKE Contributing Editor Mister Jalopy (Los Angeles, CA) was profiled on NPR’s Day to Day. Mr. Jalopy describes himself as a mediocre welder, a fair mechanic and a clumsy designer — not the type of fellow one would expect to create what he playfully calls the “biggest iPod in the […]
In today’s episode of BBtv, MAKE Editor at Large David Pescovitz and Xeni Jardin of BBtv get a tour of the TCHO chocolate factory. David also did a piece on TCHO for the Proto column of MAKE Volume 14. In part one of BBtv’s multi-part exploration of Tcho, we begin in the lab, and learn […]
These homemade wireframe trucks from Cameroon, Africa use a large steering wheel to maneuver a small car on the road. Really simple construction here, built from found materials and junk, but pretty inspiring nonetheless. via Street Use
Wow, this is a “real” Simpsons house via Merlin. The photographer brantastic writes – sara and i passed this house in whycocomagh on our way to cape breton island, and were both like, “what the h3ll? STOP THE CAR.” and we turned around and took pictures in some family’s front yard. when the lady who […]
Clever use of milk crates, crab pots!
This hack shows how to build a custom volume pedal for various synthesizers out of a discarded electric organ called a Baldwin Model 5. The organ in question was built before potentiometers had been invented so the maker added the necessary ingredient to make his pedal work. Lots more info at the link below. Swell […]
Gotwind is a Ben Jandrell’s (Shropshire, England) DIY site for renewable energy projects. The site has a number of cool projects and technical info and tutorials. Here’s an excerpt from his page on the Sturmey Archer GH6 Dynohub: The Sturmey Archer GH6 Dynohub was designed as a means of generating electrical lighting power for bicycles […]
