How-To: Use a wirewrap tool
I never knew this little tool was so useful! I know what’s going in my next parts/tools order! Joe Saavedra shows us how to use a wirewrap tool in this informative video.
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How to: Building the Gakken Mini Guitar kit
It’s no secret that we love Gakken kits here at MAKE, and the Mini Guitar kit is no exception. It has a built in amp, speaker, and line out so it’s a lot of fun, even if you don’t own an amp. After building the kit, just pop in some AA batteries and you are ready to rock.
Pantry-Turned-Workshop
Some of us are lucky enough to easily find room for a workshop. Others, well, have to get creative. Make: Online reader Kenneth Lee converted his pantry (above photo) into an excellent workshop (bottom photo). I especially like his magnetic shop lamp with exactos and hemostats dangling from it. (Click on the “after” image to […]
In the Makers Market: Teeny tiny display dome
Seller Everything Tiny manufactures these itty-bitty hand-blown glass display domes, with press-fit bases, to go with their awesome TinySaur kits, one of which (the T-Rex) is shown above, with tweezers, for scale. But there’s no reason you couldn’t co-opt one to display some other tiny, delicate prize.
Three-stage brush cleaner
Craig Smith wrote in with a brush-cleaning setup he created: Did you know: (1) Most people buy the cheap disposable paint brushes because they don’t want to clean the expensive one-coat brush, or have been burned before by losing an expensive brush to improper cleaning. (2) Most people clean a brush poorly in a one […]
DIYPad: FCC iPad teardown
The tinkerpaws over at iFixIt managed to scare up the prematurely posted FCC internal photos of the iPad and were able to remove the PDF layer obscuring the manufacturer parts information. Check out their analysis of the FCC photos. Apple requested this information stay concealed until August 17th. Clearly, the FCC ignored them. iPad FCC […]
Duct tape as a metaphor for life
Check out Kat Jungnickel’s preso on “Technology You Can’t Live Without” which describes the importance of duct tape! I recently completed a sociology PhD during which I spent a year living with a community wifi group and also with a group of freakbike makers. During this research I noticed one particular technology central in both […]