How To: Father’s Day Mini Toolbox
Alpha Mom shows you how to make a mini toolbox made from Altoid tins as a great Father’s Day gift for Dad.
Toolbox
Last week in Tweets
Book-A-Day in May Last week was the last in our Book-A-Day in May, where we gave away Maker’s Notebooks to 20 Twitter followers and four Arduino MEGAs. Last week’s winners of Maker’s Notebooks were @j0nny5 @Arroxane @1stPageofGoogle @philomathickat @johalloran The winner of last week’s Arduino MEGA microcontroller was @eemaguire If you haven’t direct-messaged us on […]
Knot reference wallet card
This maker was inspired by an old post here on Make: Online, of the “Top Ten Most Useful Knots,” to create a wallet card of several useful knots. Infocard: Useful Knots More: Top Ten Most Useful Knots
Easy DIY wood steaming cabinet
Turns out you can bend lumber into some pretty amazing shapes if you first soften it by exposure to steam. Just how long it needs to “soak” in the steam varies with the species and thickness of the wood in question, but the necessary equipment is dirt cheap. This great tutorial over at the Dewalt […]
Adafruit’s business card makes art!
I’m a huge fan of business cards that DO stuff, that you can punch out, fold into usable tools or make into monitor pets, desktop siege weapons, cards that you can use in a circuit, cards that contain data. So, I’m over the moon about ladyada’s new card, a laser-cut, punch-out “spirograph” art-machine. Maybe if […]
Ask MAKE: Kid’s first toolbox
Ask MAKE is a weekly column where we answer reader questions, like yours. Write them in to becky@makezine.com or drop us a line on Twitter. We can’t wait to tackle your conundrums! This week’s question comes to us via CRAFT contributor Rachel Hobson. Her friend Kari is mother to a “true maker in the making.” […]
Moleskine hacking competition
Moleskine is running a competition to hack your notebook. Winner gets a lifetime supply of Moleskines. Carving a place in a notebook for your iPhone? Adding extra pockets? Adding extra ribbon markers? Mindmaps? Somebody’s been looking at The Maker’s Notebook hacks on Flickr! My Moleskine 2.0 Competition [Thanks, Daniel!]