Michael writes – “Here are free workbench plans created in Google’s new 3D design software Sketchup.” – Link. Related: Sketchup is free – Link. Makers, if you use Sketchup and make things, let us know – post them in the MAKE Flickr photo pool and also tag them Sketchup, we’ll do a weekly round up […]
Sketchup, one of the best 3D drawing apps is now free – “Google SketchUp (free) is an easy-to-learn 3D modeling program whose few simple tools enable you to create 3D models of houses, sheds, decks, home additions, woodworking projects – even space ships. You can add details, textures and glass to your models, design with […]
Rob writes – “Pysanky (Ukrainian Easter eggs) are really fun to make. You need a special tool, the kistka, which you can get from Ukrainian stores, but you could probably make your own relatively easily- maybe a bit of brass shim stock rolled into a little funnel, and attached to a stick. The moment when […]
Pink Tentacle has a story about a living light national monument – “Toyama Bay is the habitat of the world-famous glowing firefly squid, which surface in large numbers every spring in a phenomenon that has been designated a special natural monument. Peak season for the firefly squid means big business for sightseeing boats that provide […]
Pat writes – “It’s amazing to see the technology — from computer aided design to lasers — that goes into making what some might consider a “low tech” product. It is a reminder once again of how manufacturing is synonymous with high tech. And, you’ll see that Channellock ships to 59 countries and has a […]
Tea Vui Huang writes – “The objective here is to create a low-cost introductory & disposable graphing calculator for the educational use of schools and students who may have difficulty, are unable or may not wish to acquire a stand-alone feature-laden graphing calculator. The TVH-72g Graphing Calculator is a small 14 Kbytes Mobile Java program […]
Aaron writes – “Dremel just got a lot of good press and reactions from their new Dremel Stylus. Looks like they’re continuing to expand in to new form factors with the Workstation, which allows a standard Dremel to be used as a mounted rotary tool and even as a drill press.” – Link. Not too […]
