Simon, our favorite New Zealand maker, decided to build a better Nerf gun. The pistol is made from 32mm ID PVC pipe, some aluminium extrusion and aluminium pipe, wood for the grip and various pieces of metal and plastic. The main spring is one I got from Bunnings warehouse. This gun should be able to […]
Chris Marion (Andover, NJ) is an amazing teenage maker I found out about through element14’s website. I love his “About” statement: If you look up “Chris Marion” on Google, you will find a folk singer and a professional photographer. What you won’t find is a high school student routinely doing incredible projects on his own […]
Clone your toys using this simple molding and casting technique.
Pretty impressive replica prop work from Josh Jay, posted by his buddy Chris Bartlett. Josh started with a folded-paper model. Detailed construction pics are available in Josh’s Facebook photo set. [via Gizmodo]
These may look like the boxes of games that you have in your attic or basement game shelf, but they’re actually paintings (oil, enamel, and urethane on copper), by Missouri-based artist Tim Liddy, of classic board game boxes. Stunning. [Via DudeCraft] Hyper Realistic Paintings of Vintage Board Games; Tape, Tears and All
Johngineer writes: My mother collects rocking horses. She tries to get at least one each year for Christmas. This year, she couldn’t find anything she liked in the stores, so I made her one out of brass stock I had lying around. I did a little CAD drawing to help myself visualize what it would […]
Banana Design Labs whipped up this adorable Japano-pop promo for their Fireplace Simulacra, a neat ambient toy light designed right onto a circuit board. We carry them in the Maker Shed, as well as their Angler Fish of similar design.
