I bought a new scanner recently, and soon found myself spelunking through drawers of old photos from my many misspent years in photography. Some of the most interesting shots were...
Posted by Ross Orr
Categories: Photography & Video | No Comments
Get cookin’ with this Japanese-style skewer grill.
Posted by Bob Knetzger
Categories: Food & Beverage, Fun & Games | 2 Comments
One of the best things about exhibiting at Maker Faire is giving attendees a challenge. For the 2010 Maker Faire Bay Area, I decided to combine a past project of...
Posted by Steve Hoefer
Categories: Arduino, Electronics, Kids & Family | 1 Comment
I have owned several shop vacuum cleaners, but regardless of the make, I never liked the way the casters worked. They never rolled where I wanted them to. When I...
Posted by Bill Wells
Categories: Tools | No Comments
A recent toe injury kept me from running for a few weeks, and I bought a stationary bike to keep in shape while recovering. The exercise bike has a lot...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan
Categories: Health, Fun & Games, Music | No Comments
In this first of three DIY Bedroom videos, I show you how to paint a room, lay down Ikea click-together floor, and add trim to a baseboard.
Posted by Meg Allan Cole
Categories: Craft, Art & Design | No Comments
To make capacitive touchscreens work through gloves, you need a conductive pathway between the screen and your finger(s). Commercial touchscreen-friendly gloves made with conductive fabric at the fingertips are available,...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan
Categories: Electronics, Computers & Mobile | No Comments
There are quite a few resources online for using surplus windshield wiper motors in Halloween props to achieve animation. After seeing an example of a $400+ rocking chair prop I...
Posted by keith corcoran
Categories: Electronics, Home | No Comments
Lighting makes an event, and candles transform the mundane into the extraordinary. These glass jar lanterns are beautiful hanging from a tree, or from chain across a deck. Pick any...
Posted by Brookelynn Morris
Categories: Art & Design, Craft, Home | No Comments
Originally created to decorate magnificent churches, stained glass windows have been around for at least 1,000 years. In modern times the materials and techniques for making stained glass have become...
Posted by Sally Converse Doucette
Categories: Art & Design, Furniture | No Comments
By Joan Sheridan Hoover and Becca Olsen The rhythm of weaving is soothing, and creating your own fabric is addictive. Weaving is easy (remember those potholder looms you used as...
Posted by Joan Sheridan Hoover
Categories: Craft, Sewing | No Comments
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