Retro ThingamaHat
In response to my posting of the hat-i-fied version of the Bleep Labs’ ThingamaKIT, MAKE Editor-in-Chief Mark Frauenfelder emailed me this cover from a 1949 Hugo Gernsbeck pub, Radio – Electronics. Thanks, Mark! More: ThingamaHat
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ThingamaHat
This maker of the ThingamaKIT, from Bleep Labs, built it onto a hard hat. Why? Why not! The Foreman [From the MAKE Flickr photo pool]
DIY: Train Track Anvil
I had a scrap piece of train track that I used as an anvil, but wasn’t as useful as this version. Mine was just a short piece of track, nothing fancy. This website shows you how to cut and shape the track into a classic anvil shape, making it much more useful. Read more about […]
Pedal powered table saw
cc Etsy is running a project, calling for videos of essential or favorite tools. This one takes the cake for me – a pedal-powered tablesaw demonstrated and explained by Etsy user Woodmosaics (from Spickard, Missouri). Incredible! He has a flickr set of it, too.
Furoshiki how-to
Here’s an Instructable and video on Furoshiki, the Japanese art of cloth-folding to make various bags, carry-alls, and sacks. Paper, Plastic, or Furoshiki?
Maker’s Notebook review
Nice review of The Maker’s Notebook on Duffbert’s Random Musings: Ok… this might be the most unusual book review I’ve ever done. I’m about to review a book consisting of… blank pages. Ah, but what blank pages they are! :) It’s the Maker’s Notebook by O’Reilly Publishing and the staff at MAKE magazine. I was […]
ogi lumen + open source tools for neon, nixie tubes and LEDs
James writes in – This pretty cool: a modular nixie driver kits that let you gang up a whole bunch of nixies in a row. The site has a really beautifully illustrated assembly guide too, A+ on the documentation. I’m thinking this would be perfect for a nixie clock or a giant, mile long display […]