DIY Projects
Purely Platonic - A Primer @ MAKE
Dodecahedron Table Lamp by Charles Platt. Have fun with classic Platonic geometry while building your own dodecahedron table lamp. Page 164 - MAKE 11. Read this article now in the MAKE digital edi ....... read more
4 hours ago
Switch closes window, turns on heat for early riser
Switch closes window, turns on heat for early riser - Modern Mechanix, 1932.
THERE would be fewer people late for work these winter mornings if the room were warm enough to permit arising in comfo ....... read more
1 day ago
DIY: USB camera shutter release
This is a really industrial looking remote shutter release for your camera. I like the idea of being able to trigger the shutter with your foot. [Thanks Ross]
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1 day ago
Danny likes the lasercutter
Danny is a frequent user at the Boston Fab Lab. He has done some great work to figure out the laser cutter. In nice Fab Lab community fashion, Danny has encouraged and tutored many other lab users on ....... read more
1 day ago
Modifying a VW Beetle model
Dean sent in this really interesting build of a VW Microbus model. The original kit was a VW Beetle, but not much of the final vehicle was original. Click through the website to see a lot more inform ....... read more
1 day ago
The hazards of a Dad who's a Maker
I had just set the doll down on the floor of my studio when my kids walked in to see what I was making. Unfortunately, I was in the process of disemboweling yet another one of their beloved toys. Thi ....... read more
2 days ago
DIY: Cardboard laptop cooler
Here is another great idea form James Li. This time he used some scrap cardboard and an old case fan to make a laptop cooler. Let's just hope his laptop does get too hot, cardboard ignites easily.
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2 days ago
DIY speakers
Lucas and his dad enjoy making stuff. In this video Brad interviews the young Tinkerer about the spiffy new speakers they made and rigged up to their stereo.
This was a great project - we follo ....... read more
2 days ago
Airpopper coffee roaster video
Here's a follow-up to my backyard coffee roasting post. All around great makers Mikey Sklar and Wendy Jehanara Tremayne made this video showing how to roast coffee with an airpopper. It doesn't ge ....... read more
2 days ago
How-to Tuesday: 1934 USB web cam
A while ago I converted a 1934 folding camera into a USB web cam. I brought it with me to Maker Faire Austin 2008 and a lot of people seemed to like it. In fact, a lot of people wanted to know how I ....... read more
2 days ago
Build a MIDI clock to sync to a Gameboy on the cheap
This tutorial shows each step necessary to build a MIDI clock to sync to Little Sound DJ or NanoLoop on a Nintendo Gameboy in order to output beats to the midi instrument of your choice. It lets y ....... read more
2 days ago
Google SketchUp 7 is here!
Adrian from Google has an overview of the latest SketchUp, he writes -
We're very excited to announce the new release of Google SketchUp 7. If you don't already know about the fun you can have ....... read more
3 days ago
Make your how cypher slide rule
On today's episode of Bre Petis' I Make Things, my pal Nick Farr of HacDC demonstrates the Polyalphabetic Substitution Cypher Slide Rule (PASCSR) he made and uploaded to Thingiverse. Thingiverse l ....... read more
3 days ago
AVGA - AVR video games, Mario and Pac-Man clones...
The AVGA project is an open source (It's GPL, but it says "don't make money with it") AVR based color video game development platform for a single chip game console via HackedGadgets.
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4 days ago
DIY: Contemporary luminaries out of tap lights
This is a nice way to spruce up those cheap looking tap lights. You should be able to make these lights in about 10 minutes for around $10. Not too bad for a custom light.
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4 days ago
Industry gives a laboratory to America's young scientists... WE CAN DO IT AGAIN?
Industry gives a laboratory to America's young scientists... Popular Science 1941.
YOUTHFUL, IMAGINATION, an inexhaustible national resource, is being developed along scientific lines by the Ameri ....... read more
4 days ago
Jumping the gun, pulling a fresh shot of espresso
I'm pretty predictable. I couldn't wait 2-3 days to try the new batch of coffee I roasted yesterday. These are some photos of me making a shot of espresso. It was a bit overroasted, yet grassy at ....... read more
4 days ago
Game of Life kit is suitable for framing...
Funnypolynomial framed up the Game of Life kit, nice! via Ladyada.
I've been fascinated by Life since I first read of it in Scientific American, many years ago (October 1970!). The Maker Shed s ....... read more
4 days ago
Backyard coffee roasting
My supply of decent roasted coffee is at dangerously low levels, so my daughter and I spent a short time roasting coffee today. There are some great books and online resources for coffee roasting, ....... read more
5 days ago
Quantum of Solace - The Do-it-yourself version, more gadgets!
I saw the latest James Bond movie Quantum of Solace - besides some cool 3D phone imaging and some touch screen action there wasn't a lot in terms of gadgety spy gear. There was a hydrogen powered hot ....... read more
6 days ago