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July 11, 2006
Homemade Mr.Spock's Vulcan harp
Tho writes - "This instrument was built this year, inspired by the one played by Mr. Spock in one of the Star Trek shows a while back. I didn't want to make just a semi-functional prop, so it was designed with chromatic shifting capability and 2 full octaves (15 strings total) with proper Helmholtz reinforcement for the frequency range." - Link.
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Jul 11, 2006 10:40 PM
Made On Earth, Music |
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Antique Electronic supply
I've never ordered from here, anyone? Seems like they have a lot of great stuff (check out the catalog) - "Antique Electronic Supply is your source with the largest supply of new old stock and current production vacuum tubes in the world. We also have an enormous supply of parts, supplies and literature for your vacuum tube equipment. " - Link.
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Jul 11, 2006 09:56 PM
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Stitch N' Pitch summer and baseball crafts
Stitch N' Pitch is making it a crafty baseball season this summer and it's all kicking off this Thursday, July 13th with the Minnesota Twins. This program by the TNNA is bringing together two American traditions -- Baseball and the NeedleArts. We've posted about this before (here and here), but now we are extra excited because we at CRAFT are helping out with the cause.
CRAFT will have a special table at the SF Giants game next week (July 20th) featuring cool crafty needlework of bay area crafters, the SF Craft Mafia, and a spinning demo from Spindles & Flyers. Please come by when doors open to get your special Stitch N' Pitch /SF Giants tote bag filled with goodies and say hi to us! (More on this next week.) To get tickets for the Stitch N' Pitch / SF Giants 7/20 event, go here.
For now, check out the calendar and gather all your craft friends to come to a ball game and knit, crochet, embroider, cross-stitch and needlepoint. If you need a few inspirational ideas on projects you can work on the game, we collected a few cool things you can make in your favorite team colors. Check them all out after the jump.
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Jul 11, 2006 08:50 PM
Crafts |
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MAKE - TNT Tips and Tools newsletter!
OK gang - we have a new newsletter, so - sign up to receive TNT (Tips-N-Tools) bi-weekly, and read about the tools and tips MAKE authors and your fellow readers love the most. Whether it's something simple or something creative, a favorite brand of tool or an entirely new way of looking at things, we all rely on our friends and neighbors to tip us off to the new and the good, all on MAKE TNT. - Link.
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Jul 11, 2006 07:45 PM
Announcements, Toolbox |
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Involuntary dance machine
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Dan Gavie writes - "Connected to the Involuntary Dance Machine, Daniel Wright had to dance in front of the research into practice conference delegates." The less you move (and relax) the more it makes you dance - Link & PDF about the project.
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Jul 11, 2006 06:52 PM
Arts |
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Toothpick engineering
Modern Mechanix has another good one from Popular Science 1940, incredibly structures made from toothpicks - Link.
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Jul 11, 2006 05:41 PM
Retro |
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MAKE 06 - Made on Earth (PDF)
A year ago we started sending MAKE PDFs through iTunes, we were hoping it would catch on and eventually become another way to distribute eBooks - we have some more stuff planned that should be out this week too, so - I'm hoping Makers out there can help test. I just put MAKE 06 - Made on Earth in the iTunes (RSS) feed. Click here to subscribe in iTunes and download the PDF. It should be there once iTunes checks our feed... Post in the comment if/when you get it in iTunes or whatever RSS reader you use that does enclosures... Link.
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Jul 11, 2006 04:48 PM
MAKE Podcast |
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Listen to the music on an Apple Newton
MAKE Flickr photo pool member MH2 writes - "Retrotronics can be such fun! This is my beloved MP 2100 in its new role as a one on one radio station. What you need to make this happen: the right kind of connectivity between your desktop and your Messagepad. Some storage space and the soft to handle it. Adriano Angelillis' NewtCast. Any bluetooth dongle / bluetooth headphones combination understanding each other properly (the dongle must dingle with the Newtcast's socket of course). Then you can do your dishes grooving to music narrowcast from the 2100. And it's up to ten meters away, safe from the water, not impairing your agility by its considerable heft. It's true. You wouldn't expect Dolby surround 5.1 by a setup like this, would you? Good. The Newton Messagepad 2100 was last sold by Apple in 1998. It's amazing enough it can handle mp3s today (at 22050 Hz mono 32 kbps). You have to balance its and the headphones' volume carefully to suppress a nagging whine which could otherwise lessen the fun. You do get some kind of faux stereo though - through the headphones' circuitry which has to deal with an incoming mono signal. Like I said before: It's all a little bit awkward and nostalgic in more than one respect. Yet we've got the power of ten thousand horses. In my kitchen alone." - Link.
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Jul 11, 2006 03:16 PM
DIY Projects, Music |
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LCD to USB converter
Till writes - "LCD2USB is a open source/open hardware project. The goal of LCD2USB is to connect HD44780 based text LCD displays to various PCs via USB. LCD2USB was meant to be cheap and to be made of easily available parts. It is therefore based on the Atmel AVR Mega8 CPU and does not require any difficult to obtain parts like separate USB controllers and the like. The total cost (without display and pcb) are about 5 to 10 Euros. LCD2USB currently comes with a simple demo application that works under Linux, MacOS X and Windows." - Link.
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Jul 11, 2006 03:08 PM
DIY Projects, Electronics |
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The ElectriClerk
The ElectriClerk is a fully functional 1988 Mac with a 1923 Underwood typewriter made by Andrew Leman... - "Built for a game of Cthulhu Lives! that has yet to be played, this piece was inspired by the retro-futuristic machines in the movie Brazil by Terry Gilliam. It was one of the most difficult and time-consuming pieces I've ever attempted. Despite the ridiculous amount of abuse I subjected it to, and despite the fact that all its components are now exposed to the air, the 1988 Macintosh SE which forms the heart of this piece still works just fine." - Link.
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Jul 11, 2006 02:45 PM
Computers, Made On Earth |
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Low cost oscilloscope
Colin writes - "This project attempts to achieve the same functionality as a traditional oscilloscope, using a PIC microcontroller for data acquisition (including appropriate analogue circuitry) which transfers the data to the PC (possibly via RS232, USB or Parallel). A Microsoft Windows based software application will then display the waveform as it would appear on a traditional CRT oscilloscope. This software application will have additional features not present on a traditional oscilloscope (e.g. printing / saving waveforms) with greater flexibly as additional features can be added as their developed without the need for new hardware." - Link.
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Jul 11, 2006 01:58 PM
DIY Projects, Electronics |
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Steam powered iMac
The Guardian has a write up about The Steam Powered Internet Machine exhibit (an iMac)... - "...Rob Tufnell is using an Apple Mac powered by the engine. For this is the Steam Powered Internet Machine: the latest deeply eccentric project from Turner-prizewinning artist Jeremy Deller and his collaborator Alan Kane. "We were thinking about something that connects the industrial revolution and the digital revolution," said Deller. Kane added: "They are worlds apart but there's also a proximity. The steam age and the digital age are not so far apart."" [via] - Link.
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Jul 11, 2006 12:51 PM
Arts, Computers, Made On Earth |
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Make Your Own Lip Balm
We love all of Cat Morley's crafty projects but this one, making Coco Lip Balm, sounds like an extra special treat. She has a knack for designing cute packaging as well, making this a perfect quick gift idea. Link.
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Jul 11, 2006 12:10 PM
Crafts |
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Make a wooden desktop trebuchet
AcceptableRisk writes - "The trebuchet is a medieval invention originally designed to lay seige to fortresses and castles. The largest of them could hurl immense stones hundreds of yards. Now you can have one to play with in your own home. The whole device stands about foot tall when unloaded and flings various things ten feet or more. Moreover, this is a nice introductiory woodworking project that you can do with mostly basic tools. Make sure to check all of the images. A lot of the details are in the notes there." - Link.
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Jul 11, 2006 11:41 AM
DIY Projects, Instructables |
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HOW TO - Make a domino cuff/bracelet
Here's how to make your own domino bracelet, just add dominos and stretch magic string - Link.
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Jul 11, 2006 10:11 AM
Crafts, DIY Projects, Instructables |
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Inner tube chair seat caning
Tim shows you how to reseat a chair with old inner tubes - "Bike innertubes are a great material to cane a chair seat. It has a nice bouncy feel, is very comfortable and stylish. Use the normal Chinese or Korean innertubes you thought were made in the U.S.. They contain lots of lampblack and other stuff that makes them UV resistant and not slippery. The highly elastic natural rubber innertubes common in some warm countries are great for spearguns and slingshots but will break if left in the sun. Those innertubes are often red in color. The black chair seat seen in this picture has been used and abused for several years in a busy room. It's just now starting to break down a bit, but is still comfortable." - Link.
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Jul 11, 2006 09:21 AM
DIY Projects, Instructables |
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LED tile hacking
David writes - "After sniffing the packets to see how this color kinetics LED tile works, I created a Processing library that reads the pixels of the display window, converts them to a 12×12 matrix, and writes them out as UDP packets to the data/power supply for the LEDs. My goal is to create some interesting real-time, interactive lighting applications. Just got this working today and did two quick experiments..." [via] - Link.
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Jul 11, 2006 08:24 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics |
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Construction of two Portugese style dinghies (small boats)
Tim writes - "After I saw the post - just had to try one. But not just the one sheet of plywood, no, no. Two boats with three sheets of plywood. It's been a project long in the making and I finally had time this weekend to put together my first Instructable. This project covers the construction of two rowboats that are primarily constructed with three sheets of plywood. The design is not mine. I used a design by Hannu Vartiala, a very generous boat enthusiast who has graciously provided boat plans free of charge on his website. This is a step-by-step documentation and explaination of the project found on that site. I've tried to simplify some of Hannu's steps for laymen like myself. You will need to refer to that page as you read this Instructable. I won't repeat Hannu's instructions step by step since this is really his design. I'll just explain how I did it, what problems I ran in to and how I got around them. I found that some of his documentation was vague and some of his working was confusing. This project tool me about 3 days for the first boat and 2 days for the second. I will also include tips for oar construction, which Hannu did not cover in his project. " - Link.
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Jul 11, 2006 07:30 AM
DIY Projects, Instructables, Transportation |
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Lorne's Vintage Wireless Museum
Lorne writes - "Here are some pictures from my collection of vintage wireless sets, amplifiers, loudspeakers, test equipment, valves (tubes) and other items of interest..." - Link.
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Jul 11, 2006 06:36 AM
Retro, Wireless |
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HOW TO - Make a photo cube
Carl writes - "The photo cube is a great, simple, and best of all frugal way to make a personal and striking gift for loved ones. It blows a cheesy picture frame out of the water and guarantees they won't stick it in a drawer somewhere." - Link.
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Jul 11, 2006 05:57 AM
Crafts, DIY Projects, Imaging |
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