Inside Glenn Derry’s Workshop (video)
Avatar’s special effects innovator Glenn Derry hacks together blockbuster filmmaking tools. Learn more about his workshop and homebrew virtual camera in MAKE v27.
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Wood Bikes: Art You Can Ride
Bill Patchett and Bill Holloway create complete bike frames out of wood, following the entire process from felling a tree in the urban forest, to shaping and finishing it. This creative example of reuse becomes a piece of rolling art at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. Subscribe to the Maker Faire Podcast in iTunes, download […]
DJ Sures’ Hacked Toy Robots
Watching an animated robot is certainly amusing, but interacting with a robot is an experience! you can make interactive robots with unique personalities out of many common toys using the EZ-B Robot Controller (http://ez-robot.com). Check out the complete tutorial in MAKE v27 (https://stage.makezine.com/27).
Pirate Dolls
These pirate dolls from Dee at Dee*Construction are both awesome and adorable. The bandana and mustache details absolutely made my day, and I can think of an awful lot of guys in Brooklyn who just might need one of these!
Acrylic Jenga Pistol
Good-looking clear plastic version of Matthias Wandel’s wooden Jenga pistol, from Instructables user Jayefuu. Jayefuu uses a laser cutter to make the flat parts, and the vector art is freely available.
The Thingiverse Cube Gears Phenomenon
This video of Thingiverse user dougc314′s motorized cube gears caught my attention, this morning, on one of my co-workers’ blogs. It’s a modification of user emmett’s much-copied screwless cube gears which replaces one of the corner gears with a motorized pedestal that constantly drives the geartrain, endlessly folding and unfolding the shape.
DIY $4 Grocery Panniers
A good set of bicycle panniers can cost a chunk of change, but if you’re thinking of heading to the store to pick up a few essentials they’re pretty indispensable. Check out these cheep and easy DIY bicycle panniers you can construct from a couple of reusable grocery bags, some masonite, and a bungee.
