Chuck writes – We just posted a pretty sweet test of cheap crimp terminals vs. decent ones with a breakdown of how to identify the best performers; it struck me as something Makers’d be into Some months back when Chuck mentioned a Storehouse brand assortment of crimp terminals, I commented that this was one place […]
This looks interesting… a linear stepper motor controller kit, open source, for CNC machines… Open Source! Circuit Diagram, PCB (Board) Layout, and PIC Software all available online. (Kit/PCB sales support PICList.com) Also: user code modifications. Standard step + direction inputs easy connection to a parallel port for up to 7 units. Use with standard CNC […]
The Angle-izer instant template looks incredibly handy, I’m going to see if there are smaller versions for tiny projects… The Easiest Way to Transfer and Measure Angles. Finally a quick, precise way to measure angles without having to construct a special template. Just set the Angle-izer Instant Template in place, slide its four arms to […]
Jason writes in with this cool periodic table of tools from ReadyMade… – “While browsing a site linked in an Instructable I was referred to by the Make blog, I came across this Periodic Table of Hardware. If that ain’t Make material, I don’t know what is!” – Link & @ the ReadyMade store. I’m […]
ThinkGeek has a fun blood type testing kit for $9 – “…a few drops of blood, a little water, and the special card are all you need to find out what blood type you are. In just a few minutes, you’ll have a card which will show you which antigens you have in your blood […]
We’ve covered a lot of CNC router projects and plans – this one looks pretty interesting, but the plans are for sale for $20. If a maker out there promises to build it fairly soon, we’ll pay for the plans ($20) as long as you make it, review it and take some photos – Link. Related: […]
TAPR.org has some pretty intense kits for transmitting data over packet radio, you could use one of their kits with a PIC microcontroller to take serial data from a GPS receiver or weather station and transmit it as formatted packet frames… Here’s a bit about the organization and the kit store page… “If you have […]
