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In the Makers Market: Posc pocket audio oscillator kit

In the Makers Market: Posc pocket audio oscillator kit

The Posc is a battery powered, pocket sized oscillator. It has two square wave oscillators, one of which is controlled by changes in the user’s skin resistance over two metal contacts. The pitch of the second square wave oscillator is controlled by manipulating the amount of light received by the light dependent resistor. The Posc can be set to work in either stereo or mono output through a standard 1/4″ audio jack, so is compatible with a wide range of audio equipment. It is ideal for use with guitar amplifiers and effects pedals, PA systems, and can even be plugged directly into your computer or Hi-Fi audio inputs….A free effects rack for the Posc is also available from our software page.

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Ultimate film set first aid kit

Ultimate film set first aid kit

This is the fanciest first aid kit I’ve ever seen! MacGuffin Films made this one up with everything they might need for a location shoot for about $235 total, not including the $55 Husky case. In addition to bandaging cuts and scrapes, this kit can ease almost any ailment that would delay filming. Parts list […]

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Workshop panorama

Workshop panorama

I love this panoramic series of photos of Matthew Good‘s workshop. He describes the contents: Ohm’s Law Medicine Man balsa wood glider (half finished) Make:Electronics book, Maker’s Notebook Woolly Mammoth clone guitar pedal, nearly done 2.5 gallon fishtank, testing out temperature logging via LM34 and Arduino There are no less than five computers on/around my […]

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Easy-Threading Sewing Needle

Sean @ Make: Online writes: You know, as long as human beings have been squinting and poking at the tiny eyes of sewing needles, it’s pretty amazing that it’s taken so long for some clever inventor to address the problem. These spiral eye sewing needles are available direct from their inventor, Pam Turner of Minnesota. […]

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Toolbox: Take a seat!

Toolbox: Take a seat!

In the Make: Online Toolbox, we focus mainly on tools that fly under the radar of more conventional tool coverage: in-depth tool-making projects, strange or specialty tools unique to a trade or craft that can be useful elsewhere, tools and techniques you may not know about, but once you do, and incorporate them into your […]

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Easy-thread sewing needle

Easy-thread sewing needle

You know, as long as human beings have been squinting and poking at the tiny eyes of sewing needles, it’s pretty amazing that it’s taken so long for some clever inventor to address the problem. These spiral eye sewing needles are available direct from their inventor, Pam Turner of Minnesota. I’ve never used one, but the user feedback I hear echoing through the tubes is uniformly positive.

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