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July 4, 2008
Weekend Project: Soda Bottle Rocket (PDF)
With a few empty soda bottles and some PVC pipe, you can build a high-performance water rocket. From Make Volume 5 by Steve Lodefink. The basis for this project's launcher design is the Martinet Launcher PDF
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Jul 4, 2008 06:00 AM
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June 27, 2008
Weekend Project: Lensless Microscope (PDF)
A webcam's image chip is an ultrafine shadow-imaging stage. This version uses a mini CCTV camera and video output so you can record what you see.
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Jun 27, 2008 06:00 AM
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June 20, 2008
Weekend Project: Parabolic Microphone (PDF)
This dollar store DIY spy mic lets you listen from afar and bring the sounds up close.
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Jun 20, 2008 06:00 AM
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May 2, 2008
Weekend Project: Build an Ornithopter (PDF)
For millennia people have studied birds, observing and experimenting to see if humans can fly. But people can't fly by flapping no matter how hard they have tried. This project shows you how to build a small rubber band-powered ornithopter.(from Greek; ornithos meaning "bird" and pteron meaning "wing")
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May 2, 2008 06:00 AM
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April 18, 2008
Weekend Project: Kitchen Floor Vacuum Former (PDF)
From take-out coffee lids to Stormtrooper costumes, vacuum formed plastic is everywhere. Now you can build your own for thousands less than professional models and still make cool 3D objects!
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Apr 18, 2008 06:00 AM
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April 11, 2008
Weekend Project: Transistorize Your iPod (PDF)
Get vintage sounds from time-warp radio with this fun "back to the future" project. Top 40 songs from the 70's don't sound the same on big stereo systems or headphones but they will now!
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Apr 11, 2008 06:00 AM
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April 4, 2008
Weekend Project: Telekinetic Pen (PDF)
It's an ordinary Sharpie Marker. Or is it? Does it have strange powers? Yes it does and only you know the secret. MAKE your very own!
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Apr 4, 2008 06:00 AM
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March 28, 2008
Weekend Project: Explosion Engine (PDF)
Go ahead build the DIY Explosion Engine! Here's the PDF! The final engine has most the parts of a real engine and shows how everything works together! Most parts available at your favorite DIY stores.
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Mar 28, 2008 06:00 AM
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March 22, 2008
Weekend Project: Fireball Shooter (PDF)
Want more details on the Fireball Shooter? Here's the PDF! The original Orpheus Shooter like magicians use! This is an easy Weekend Project with a bang! Shoot harmless fireballs that disappear in thin air! You can easily conceal the shooter in your hand and make magic flaming balls! For under $10 you can make one of these that are normally around $50! All the parts can be picked up at a hardware store and magic shop or online. You probably have some of this stuff already.
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Mar 22, 2008 09:04 AM
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March 8, 2008
Weekend Project: Make a PDA Notebook (PDF)
Here's the PDF from our "Weekend Project" on how to make your own "PDA Notebook" download it or get it from iTunes!
MAKE Volume 07: Backyard Biology. Hack your plants, extract your DNA, 70's soapbox saga, build a videocam rocket, and head-mounted water cannon. Link & Get it at the Maker Store.
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Mar 8, 2008 12:59 PM
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February 8, 2008
Jam Jar Jet - Best of Weekend Projects
Make a Jam Jar Jet & celebrate the "Best of Weekend Projects" with Bre Pettis.
This article, written by William Gurstelle, was originally printed in Make: Volume 5. This article has the material lists and extra notes that can't be found in the video. - PDF Link
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Feb 8, 2008 08:00 AM
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January 4, 2008
Learn How To Do Laser Graffiti - Weekend Projects PDFcast
Photo Credit Justus
This week download the Weekend Projects PDF to get all the details for creating graffiti on buildings! PDF Link
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Jan 4, 2008 09:32 AM
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December 21, 2007
Make DIY Ornaments - Weekend Projects PDFcast
Download the PDF to check out the detailed instructions and as a special bonus, you can read up all about tensegrity in Bill Gurstelle's awesome tensegrity article from Make: Volume 6! - PDF Link
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Dec 21, 2007 08:21 PM
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December 14, 2007
Make a Sympathy Doll - Weekend Projects PDFcast
In 2003 and 2004 I had an art studio and I would paint giant color field paintings using a knife with thick layers of oil paint. These would take days to dry and so I started making dolls to fill the time. I made the first one, a cute sad bunny, and took it to an art opening that night sticking out of my pocket. Over the course of the evening, four strangers tried to buy it off of me! I didn't sell, but it got me started!
The sympathy doll idea is to make a doll that is so sad and pathetic that it inspires empathy and love from people. You really can't feel too bad around these dolls because you just know that no matter what, you don't have it that bad! I've made hundreds of these dolls, and here's a small gallery of dolls that I've made for you to check out. - Link
It's the 5th anniversary of creative commons this week! I'm licensing Sympathy Dolls under the creative commons attribution license, so feel free to make them and sell them, just make sure to give attribution to me with a link to brepettis.com and you're good! Also if you're going to be at the CC party in Berlin tonight, make sure to say hi! - Link
Dowload the PDF to get the full instructionss for making your own Sympathy Doll! - PDF Link
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Dec 14, 2007 09:00 AM
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December 7, 2007
Make a Secret Compartment Book - Weekend Projects PDFcast
First you'll want to mix up some glue and mix it up 50/50 with water to make it runny. Then use a brush to brush on the glue around the edges and stack it up on some books so that the book doesn't warp. I used a plastic bag to keep the glue away from the parts of the book that I wanted to keep original.
I'm not the first one to make this type of secret book. Check out hivoltage's mp3 player book! - Link
Dowload the PDF to get the full instructionss for making your own secret compartment book! - PDF Link
Posted by Bre Pettis |
Dec 7, 2007 10:00 AM
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November 30, 2007
Make a Repstrap (Part 2) - Weekend Projects PDFcast
Here's what the underside of the bot looks like. You can see the iron pipes that work as a base, the lasercut platforms, and the skate bearings that make it move silky smooth.
Zach of the Reprap foundation has done a lot of work to get ordering the Repstrap's parts organized. He's put together a really easy way to order the stuff from McMaster Carr. I chose regular shipping and it arrived the next day in NYC and then I brought everything to Europe to work on in a Pelican case. - Link
Photo Credit: Jay
In the PDF you can read about some of the obstacles overcome in making this bot, but those aside, the best part of this project was the awesome team that pulled together to work on it. The folks at Metalab, GRL Vienna, and Monochrom came together to make this project happen. At one time there were about 12 people all working on the project at 3 in the morning and the focus and excitement in the air was tangible. This project is on the same level as the drawbot and the near-space balloon. In all three of these projects, I've made great new friends out of sheer necessary and desperate collaboration. It's been super fun! I recommend doing ambitious projects as a team!
I got my steppers donated to me from Marius at the metalab. They were sourced from 2 broken printers and a scanner. The important thing when you are looking for bipolar steppers is that they have 4 wires coming out of them. This indicates that they are bipolar steppers.
There is more information about steppers for you to check out here. - Link
Dowload the PDF and start ordering up your parts to get your Repstrap robot hardware going! - PDF Link
Posted by Bre Pettis |
Nov 30, 2007 10:05 AM
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November 23, 2007
Make a Reprap Robot Part 1: The Electronics - Weekend Project PDFcast
Getting the electronics set up is the first step to getting a working reprap robot together. Besides 3 stepper boards, 1 dc motor controller board, a PWM board, you'll want two arduinos and an arduino tx/rx thingy!
Download the pdf for more information and then download the test code so that you can hook up the boards to stepper motors and dc motors to test them out.
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Arduino Program Files - Link
Posted by Bre Pettis |
Nov 23, 2007 08:00 AM
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November 16, 2007
$3 Origami Flower - Weekend Projects PDFcast
Making insanely cool origami isn't easy. This week's video and PDF work to make it easier to make the $3 dollar origami flower found in Craft: 05. If you live in a country with different currency, I'd love to see this in international flavors! If your base currency is worth more than can be left as a tip, I challenge you to make your own money shaped designs. Upload them to the Flickr Craft Pool!
The hardest parts for me were step 14 and 19, so I've put lots of pictures in the pdf that help make these steps easier! It took me a few tries to figure this out so if you're having trouble, don't give up! - PDF Link
Subscribe in iTunes and get both the PDF and the video downloaded automatically. - Link
Posted by Bre Pettis |
Nov 16, 2007 09:00 AM
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November 9, 2007
T-Shirt Cannon - Weekend Projects PDFcast
I went to a big box hardware store to pick up the parts for this. If I remember right it came out to be about $75 with lots of PVC left over for other projects. It took at least an hour to find all the parts in the store. Seriously, hardware stores don't organize the section with plumbing stuff very well. I recommend that you fit everything together at the store before leaving so you can make sure that it will all work out. - PDF Link
Subscribe in iTunes and get both the PDF and the video downloaded automatically. - Link
Posted by Bre Pettis |
Nov 9, 2007 10:00 AM
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October 26, 2007
PDF Halloween Extravaganza! - The Halloweeen PDFcast
In order to survive the zombpocalypse, I've got an article on ghoulish makeup from the halloween issue in this weekend's PDFcast. But it doesn't stop there, for your survival this halloween, I've included 5 articles from the Make: Halloween Edition. So If you're still not sure what you should be for halloween, you can download this and be set with some options!
The first article is the most important for surviving the zombie invasion. The second article will help you with make-up. The third is a costume tutorial for being headless. (This could also be helpful in distracting zombies from eating your brain.) Then we didn't want to leave your house in the lurch, so there is an article about transforming your house into a haunted house! I've also included an article about dressing up as sushi, but I don't think dressing up as raw meat will help you when the zombies invade.
Download and revel in the PDF halloween extravaganza! - PDF Link
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Oct 26, 2007 09:00 AM
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Weekend Project: Soda Bottle Rocket
With a few empty soda bottles and some PVC pipe, you can build a high-performance water rocket. Original project by Steve Lodefink. The basis for this project's launcher design is the Martinet LauncherTo download Soda Bottle Rocket MP4 click...
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