After I wrote the Electronic Embroidery article for CRAFT, Vol. 9, I had readers emailing me asking where they could get their hands on small quantities of the supplies needed to embellish their wearables and wall hangings with light. The Sparkfun E-sewing kit is great if you want a whole spool of conductive thread, but […]
A benchtop power supply is a handy piece of equipment to have around if you do a lot of electronics or other powered projects on your bench and need a reliable source of power at different voltages (+5V, -5V, +3.3V, +12V, etc). One option is to roll your own, using an ATX power supply yanked […]
And here’s a lower-tech version…
In this Instructable, my Dorkbot DC/HacDC compadre R. Mark Adams, details how he built a simple, freestanding whiteboard out of readily-available materials. Freestanding Whiteboard More: Toolbox: Portable workbench
The first time I saw a Thing-a-ma Kit in person was at the Bent Festival in NYC. Ever since then I have wanted to build one for myself. That was about a year ago, and I finally have the opportunity to put one together. I was surprised at how many parts there are in the […]
The folks at the Italian site Modellismo Hobby Media sent us this email: During the Spielwarenmesse (German toy fair) the model company ROBBE showed the WELMA 2000: a tool supposed to be the World’s smallest electronic spot-welding device. This electronic spot-welding device has been specially developed for producing assemblies from steel wire. The point where […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool Flickr member diluded000 forged his own blacksmithing tongs from some anchor bolts. Wow – this means he’ll be making with tools ‘of his own making’ . . . is that meta-making? He also shared some pics of his new coal forge – Looks like fun! If you’re interested in learning […]
