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Glassblowing the Brooklyn Way

Learn about the glassblowing techniques of Brooklyn Glass.

Posted by John Baichtal | Monday October 15th, 2012 5:00 PM

Categories: Art & Design, General | 2 Comments

"All About Welding Plastics"

Lately I've been getting interested in heat-welding plastics, and so far some of the best practical, hands-on advice I've found within the tubes comes from this black-and-white Seelye Model 63...

Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Monday September 12th, 2011 9:00 AM

Categories: Education, General, Tools | 7 Comments

A Box Made From A Dried Orange Peel

Here’s a link to the fantastic British brainy-toys site Grand Illusions that I’ve been hoarding for awhile, hoping to someday reproduce the process and post it as a tutorial. I...

Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Wednesday May 25th, 2011 9:58 AM

Categories: Craft, Energy, General | 26 Comments

Workshop Weekend – Turn Maker Faire Inspiration Into Action

Inspired by Maker Faire this past weekend? Workshop Weekend, happening in locations around the Bay Area this coming Saturday and Sunday, will turn that enthusiasm into hands-on education and real-life...

Posted by Paul Spinrad | Tuesday May 24th, 2011 11:00 AM

Categories: Education, General, Home, Workshop | 3 Comments

Flat-Folding Steel Grocery Bag

From Oxford “origami engineers” Weina Wu and Zhong You, published as A solution for folding rigid tall shopping bags in Proceedings of the Royal Society A. ScienceNOW has an item...

Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Thursday March 31st, 2011 6:07 AM

Categories: Craft, General, Science | 11 Comments

Giant Machete-Shooting Slingshot

I love Cory Doctorow’s droll description of this creation almost as much as I love the thing itself: This handy gentleman has built an (arguably ill-conceived, but nevertheless impressive) rifle-cum-slingshot...

Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Wednesday March 30th, 2011 5:54 AM

Categories: Art & Design, Computers & Mobile, Craft, General, Machining | 41 Comments

Coffee can radar

Whats more hardcore than making your own synthetic aperture radar system? How about teaching a class how to build their own using some breadboardable electronics, empty coffee cans, and a...

Posted by Matt Mets | Thursday February 3rd, 2011 1:00 AM

Categories: Electronics, General | 14 Comments

MIG Welding 101 at Madagascar Institute

Last week, seven students converged at the Madagascar Institute for that facility’s first class of the new year: “Intro to MIG Welding,” taught by the “connoisseur of terror” himself, Hackett...

Posted by Nick Normal | Tuesday January 11th, 2011 11:21 AM

Categories: General, Makers | 6 Comments

Homemade cold cast bronze ornaments

Matt Jones made these Ojai Post Office Christmas Ornaments for his friends who just moved there.

Posted by Matt Mets | Thursday December 30th, 2010 7:45 AM

Categories: Craft, General | No Comments

Jeri Ellsworth shares the secret to learning electronics

Jeri Ellsworth shares her simple secret to learning electronics: give your permission to make mistakes!

Posted by Matt Mets | Monday December 27th, 2010 9:54 PM

Categories: Electronics, General | 3 Comments

Project HALO helps you navigate without sight

Instructables user polymythic is working on a simple haptic feedback device, called Project HALO, which will allow the wearer to 'feel' the environment around it using vibration feedback

Posted by Matt Mets | Tuesday December 21st, 2010 1:25 PM

Categories: General | 2 Comments