How to Create an Easy Inlay in Wood with Solder
You can create a cool metal inlay effect in wood with solder. This technique is perfect for signage!
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DiResta: Locket Star Key
In this video you can see me using steel bricks and metal scraps to make a 3-key star key locket.
Pumpktris, Tetris-in-a-Pumpkin
Pumpktris is a Tetris game enclosed in October’s most celebrated squash, the pumpkin. My favorite part? The stem is the game’s joystick.
How-To: Set Up An Electronics Lab
Dave Jones from the Electronics Engineering Video Blog shows us what tools he recommends for a starter electronics lab. He makes a few surprisingly inexpensive recommendations for multimeters, oscilloscopes, function generators, bench power supplies, soldering stations, and many other tools and supplies. I, for one, am taking very careful notes on this excellent video since […]
How-To: Solar TV remote
With the Solar TV Remote project from MAKE Volume 25, you’ll never have to replace your remote control’s batteries again. Instead, just leave it in the sun to charge up! This project is fairly easy and you may already have most of the tools and supplies you’ll need. It might also make you feel slightly […]
Mitch Altman rocks!
I’m here at the MAKE magazine booth at Maker Faire Detroit, and across from us is the Learn to Solder area, run and manned by Mitch Altman and Jimmie Rodgers. Mitch has brought tears to my eyes with his passion and enthusiasm for teaching folks to solder. I’ve witnessed him patiently and joyfully teaching people […]
Circuit Skills: Perfboard Prototyping, sponsored by Jameco Electronics
[Note: Jameco is currently offering all the parts I used in this video as a perfboard prototyping kit — just add wire & solder. ] When you think “DIY electronics,” one of the first images that likely comes to mind is of parts and wire soldered to a standard piece of perforated circuit board — […]
