Use triangles – they are an engineer’s best friend when building bridges. Use a lot of popsicle sticks – sheer mass can perform very well. One team plugged in an iron, turned it upside-down, made a little pot out of aluminum foil and then melted glue in it so that they had a pot of […]
The latest Instructables TV is out! Use home made devices to go kite ice butt boarding anywhere there is ice, wind and plenty of room, Tim writes – “Your screaming steel blades carve the ice. Your straining kite hurls you along at incredible speeds. You are mere inches above the ice. Or suddenly wiping out […]
A little housekeeping for the MAKE store and last minute gifts… The MAKE elves will be taking some well-deserved time off to spend time with their families, so we won’t be shipping any orders placed after this Thursday at 12pm (PST) until the first week of January. If you want your order for Christmas, we […]
Here are the video versions of Tim’s revive-a-battery-with-a-welder how-to… Nicad batteries often die in such a way that they won’t take a charge and have zero voltage. This usually means they’re shorted out by crystal dendrite growth. Here’s a method of bringing them back to life by zapping those shorted crystal dendrites away with too […]
This weekend, you’ll learn how to make a Minty Boost usb charger and a Daisy mp3 player. After you put these together you can put them into customized cases. I made my charger fit into a plastic dinosaur! Then I soldered up my Daisy MP3 player and put it into a laser tag case, complete […]
The Minty Boost Kit is a super first soldering project. It’s perfect for beginners because its got just a few parts and is something that’s practical. People who have had a lot of experience with soldering will be able to whip this up in no time flat. I’ve made two. The first one took me […]
The time to send out cards for the holidays is here. Make them special by crafting your own. Here are three ideas for you to make your cards extra special. Woodblock prints look great and it’s surprisingly easy to make a lot of them. Aluminum relief cards look like they have been formed out of […]
