There is way too much stuff to document here to give an accurate video of the awesomeness that is Maker Faire, but here’s a little video smattering to give you just a hint of what it’s like to be at maker faire. Listen carefully for the person yelling “doppler effect” while offering the experience of […]
Bathsheba is back again at Maker Faire this year. I can’t wait to see what she’s got that’s new. The Evil Mad Scientists got permission to make one of her sculptures out of sugar with their sugar rapid prototyper. They’ll be at Maker Faire with it. Don’t miss it! Previous Post – Link Bathsheeba’s Site […]
Last year I made a lot of videos at Maker Faire. In this one, I hung out with puzzle maker Lee Kraznow. My favorite part of this video is Lee’s story about getting into puzzle making. His shop teacher said it was impossible, but that didn’t stop him! – Link Lee will be back again […]
mp4|mov|hd-appletv|3gp|3g2|pdf|itunes Bre brings in Matt Stinchcomb, the screenprinting expert of etsy.com, to the Weekend Projects podcast. Have you ever wanted to create your own t-shirt designs? Look no further! Don’t forget to go and download the pdf to get all the details and supply lists. Warning: the end of this video is scary. If you […]
Weekend Projects’ PDFcast includes Kirk Von Rohr’s article about screenprinting that was published in Craft: Volume 1. After Bre drew design, Matt scanned it into a photo-editing program and increased the contrast and played with the levels to make the black all black. Then he printed it out on a transparency, prepped and burnt the […]
mp4|mov|hd-appletv|3gp|3g2|itunes This weekend, make little teeny tiny robots called beambots that are powered by the sun! In the podcast, I made the solar-roller, and the instructions for that are right in the PDF! I also made a beambot from a kit. Kits are always a good way to break into a genre of making. Both […]
To make your solar beambots this weekend, you can download this weeks PDFcast complete with an article from the magazine! Gareth Branwyn wrote this how-to article on how to make two solar roller beambots. Download it, print it out, and get to making your bots! PDF Link
