From the MAKE Flickr pool Paul Edward Carson’s welded basketball-sized D12 looks like it’d be perfect for rolling the next big Space Marine skirmish! He explains a key advantage of owning such an item – If i need to generate a random number between 1 and 12 while destroying my house, i have just the […]
How to modify a Magic 8-Ball so that it displays your own custom answers.
Hardware hacking goddess Jeri Ellsworth has been busy building her own pinball machine from scratch, and with subassemblies she’s cannibalized from other machines. On day three of the build, she runs through what she’s done so far. Can’t wait to see the finished machine. Home Brew Pinball Machine – Day 3
We had a great talk with Chris, who was minding the store at the time. I asked about handmade chess sets, and when Chris showed us this wonderful Nuts and Bolts chess set, I knew I had to shoot some video.
Spotted in the MAKE Flickr Pool. this hand-held bat signal based, in part, on the Alien Projector from MAKE Volume 16. From Flickr user Oceaneer99.
The idea of “live-action” Warhammer 40K is, itself, so ambitious that somebody needs to give this guy and his buddies a medal just for trying. Check out Flickr user Lt.E.Watt’s photostream to see some more of the amazing props he/they have built to run their games. Blood for the blood god! Skulls for the skull throne! Spleens for the spleen pond! [via Propnomicon]
Every other week, MAKE’s awesome interns tell about the projects they’re building in the Make: Labs, the trouble they’ve gotten into, and what they’ll make next. By Eric Chu, engineering intern There aren’t many low-budget ways to customize one’s yo-yo. The most common ones are either painting or dyeing, but they’re limited: paint chips off […]
