Four "Meet the Makers" videos from the upcoming May 5th Austin Mini Maker Faire.
Posted by Sabrina Merlo | Tuesday April 30th, 2013 7:28 PM
Categories: Craft, General, Kids & Family, Makers, Music | No Comments
Inspired by the Sandables concept that recently made the rounds, we've been experimenting with adding abrasive grit to polycaprolactone (aka ShapeLock) thermoplastic to make rigid sanding blocks that can be...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Tuesday March 5th, 2013 9:37 AM
Categories: Woodworking, Tools | 4 Comments
A ball-in-cage switch is a mechanical alarm switch that works on an ingenious principle. It has a single relatively unstable “open” position, in which a metal ball rests in a...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Monday February 18th, 2013 11:49 AM
Categories: Electronics | 3 Comments
Complete instructions for this episode of Weekend Projects can be found at http://makeprojects.com/Project/Mini-Rover-Redux/2479/1 Learn the basics of modding a remote controlled (RC) vehicle for the purpose of making your own...
Posted by makemagazineuser | Friday December 21st, 2012 3:22 PM
Categories: Electronics, Fun & Games, Photography & Video | No Comments
Nathan Morgan, the founder and CEO of Parts-People.com, created this fantastic portable Raspberry Pi enclosure complete with LCD screen, battery pack, extra storage, keyboard, trackpad, WiFi, and Bluetooth. Not only...
Posted by Matt Richardson | Friday December 21st, 2012 11:30 AM
Categories: Raspberry Pi | 9 Comments
I have been hacking on some cheap R/C cars, lately, and wanted to etch metal films off of a few of the bits. I knew that the usual strong acid...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Friday August 17th, 2012 9:00 AM
Categories: Fun & Games, Science | 13 Comments
Last September, I wrote about the Thingiverse “Cube Gears” phenomenon, briefly tracing the origin of user emmett’s Screwless Cube Gears through its evolution from Haruki Nakamura’s papercraft geared heart sculpture...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Thursday June 14th, 2012 9:00 AM
Categories: 3D Printing | No Comments
Our own Sean Ragan created this fantastic Dodecahedron Speaker, which not only looks good, but also has some interesting acoustic properties. Sean wrote a full guide to building it and...
Posted by Matt Richardson | Monday June 11th, 2012 9:30 AM
Categories: Art & Design, Home, Music | 4 Comments
Inspired by "How It's Made," here's a second step in my old DIY cord-curling process that makes the coil even tighter and is, just as importantly, a heckuva lot of...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Tuesday May 29th, 2012 6:00 AM
Categories: Electronics | 2 Comments
Complete instructions for this episode of Weekend Projects can be found at http://makeprojects.com/Project/Optical-Tremolo-Box/2276/1 Inspired by Charles Platt's "Stomp Box Basics" article (MAKE Volume 15, page 82), follow along as we...
Posted by makemagazineuser | Friday May 4th, 2012 7:29 PM
Categories: Music, Electronics | No Comments
Complete instructions for this Weekend Projects can be found at http://makeprojects.com/Project/Solar-Joule-Bracelet/22/1 The Solar Joule Bracelet combines two separate projects, a solar battery and a "joule thief," to build a wearable...
Posted by makemagazineuser | Friday May 4th, 2012 7:29 PM
Categories: Craft, Electronics, Energy | No Comments
Make: Projects is a collaborative wiki that is constantly being updated by the maker community. Check it out from time to time – there's always something new!
Posted by Laura Cochrane | Friday March 16th, 2012 7:00 AM
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