Whether you’re a circuit bending specialist looking for your next noise fix, or a Weekend Projects enthusiast looking to add another skill to your armory of maker know-how, the Luna Mod Looper is both easy to build and fun to play!
This is the second installment of my series on building Rick and Karen Pollack’s MakerGear Mosaic 3D printer. This part covers assembly of the robot’s first of three Cartesian axes. One of the nice features of the Mosaic kit is that several of the more complex subassemblies are supplied pre-built, greatly simplifying construction. This stage of the build consists essentially of…
If you’re of ‘the Goonies generation’ like myself, then hunting for buried treasure is definitely a past-time of yours. And when hunting for precious metals or even a few dropped coins, you need the assistance of science! The Treasure Finder, our latest installment at Weekend Projects, is a multi-day endeavor with potentially lucrative rewards.
Ohio IT professional Rick Pollack founded MakerGear, LLC in 2009 to “develop products and services for the rapidly expanding maker community with a focus on advancing digital fabrication.” Working with wife Karen, Rick has already brought two fully-developed desktop 3D printers to market—a well-regarded Prusa Mendel kit and their flagship design, the Mosaic—as well as a line of accessories and upgrades for each.
Proving how extensible our own projects are, Weekend Projects reader Steven wrote in with his Light Theremin mod.
The votes have been tallied, the judges have conferred, and the results of the 2011 MAKE and CRAFT Halloween Contest are here!
Weekend Projects builder Matt writes in with this great story about his foray into electronics, starting with one of my favorite projects from our series, the Light Theremin.
