Commercial Geiger counters can cost hundreds of dollars. Build your own at a fraction of the price! This easy-to-solder kit can be built in an evening and it works just...
Posted by Jeff Keyzer
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Electronics | No Comments
Like most geek-filled offices, at my workplace we have several Nerf guns and similar toy weapons floating about. Not impressed with the performance of my colleague Lester’s Nerf Maverick, a...
Posted by Simon Jansen
Categories: Fun & Games, Kids & Family | 4 Comments
My architect friends Lorenzo Bini and Roberta Pezzulla made this little project for a very young and dynamic client: Lorenzo’s 6-month-old goddaughter. They wanted to make a box that the...
Posted by Claudio Bernardini
Categories: Woodworking, Home | 2 Comments
I shoot a lot of still life and product photography, where a good light source is essential. On-camera flashes are almost useless, even bounced off the ceiling. Off-camera flashes and...
Posted by Andrew Sleigh
Categories: Electronics, Photography & Video | No Comments
This attachment mounts in place of your router’s factory baseplate and is used for cutting circular disks from, or boring circular holes in, sheet stock. It pivots about a small...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan
Categories: Woodworking, Furniture | 6 Comments
Shown here is a simple method for A) removing a stay tab from a soda can with the rivet-ring intact, and B) attaching the tab to a wooden frame or...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan
Categories: Furniture, Home | No Comments
I’m a great admirer of Jørgen Møller’s Posterhänger design. It’s great for those in-between prints that are too valuable to put thumbtacks through, but not valuable enough to have framed....
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan
Categories: Furniture | No Comments
Here's how to build the Gakken Karakuri Somersault Doll kit.
Posted by John Edgar Park
Categories: Art & Design | No Comments
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