Getting the electronics set up is the first step to getting a working reprap robot together. Besides 3 stepper boards, 1 dc motor controller board, a PWM board, you’ll want two arduinos and an arduino tx/rx thingy! Download the pdf for more information and then download the test code so that you can hook up […]
MP4 | Hi-Def | Blip | Youtube | PDF | Subscribe This weekend, make a flower out of 3 bills. This makes a great tip for a nice dinner out or just a way to spend 20 minutes or so folding paper! This project is from Craft: Magazine Volume 5 and the origami was designed […]
Making insanely cool origami isn’t easy. This week’s video and PDF work to make it easier to make the $3 dollar origami flower found in Craft: 05. If you live in a country with different currency, I’d love to see this in international flavors! If your base currency is worth more than can be left […]
MP4 | Hi-Def | Blip | YouTube | PDF | Subscribe Sometimes it can be so frustrating to have people you want to give a T-shirt to who are far away and inaccessible on the upper decks of stadiums. They wave their hands in desperation with such hope and joy at the possibility of receiving […]
I went to a big box hardware store to pick up the parts for this. If I remember right it came out to be about $75 with lots of PVC left over for other projects. It took at least an hour to find all the parts in the store. Seriously, hardware stores don’t organize the […]
MP4 | Hi-Def | Blip | Youtube | PDF | Subscribe This week, Windell Oskay of Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories joins me to teach you how to make a super clever little circuit called the Joule Thief! The Joule Thief allows you to squeeze the life out of what most people think of as “dead” […]
You’re going to need a white or blue LED that is rated for 3 volts, a 1K resistor, a 2N 3904 NPN transistor, a toroid, two pieces of wire and a battery. You might even be able to scavenge this stuff out of your junk pile of electronics… you have a junk pile of electronics […]
