It’s hard to imagine a number of Shawn Thorsson’s amazing props and costume parts, which look so otherworldly and industrial as finished product, start out as papercraft models. The process starts with a 3D model of the prop and the Japanese shareware program Pepakura Designer, which translates 3D data into a 2D printable format. Thorsson […]
You think your Nerf gun modification is cool? Check tout his Tesla coil-outfitted, spark-shooting weapon of mass distraction.
When we hear about cool project builds, it’s like music to our ears. But making music from the soundtrack of a busy workshop? Even better!
Dan Strohl of custom car site Hemmings.com wrote a great piece on solvent-welding plastics: basically gluing together broken pieces of plastic with a solvent chosen to work best with that type of plastic. Step one is identifying the plastic. There’s all sorts of plastics out there, and they all respond to different solvents. Urethane Supply […]
Come meet our new MAKE video author Jimmy DiResta today at Maker Camp on Google+ (noon PDT, 3pm EDT). Jimmy will be showing us how to create our own hand-bound books.
Our online virtual summer camp, Maker Camp, has been getting unprecedented access to places like NASA, NatGeo, and the Smithsonian. Tomorrow is no exception. We will be broadcasting live from Adam Savage’s Man Cave. He will show us his epic setup, and we will ask him all about his life as a maker. This is […]
