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The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
Cool manual from 70’s spotted on Retro Thing! “Here’s a link to a classic 16-page design manual for model rockets. It covers how solid rockets work along with basic design, and construction. Includes a couple of pages about multi-stage and large scale designs, too.” [
Got them cigar-box blues…
Drew writes in with some great mp3s from the cigar box guitar in MAKE volume 04 – “Anchorbutt contributor and blues dilettante, Ryan Leaf, took a respite from his usual duties with the Andy Johnson Explosion to build a cigar box guitar and regale us with a couple of tracks.” Link.
Making Trouble — Pre-Loved
Or, why used can be so much better than new.
Blast From the Past — Prewar Maker’s Primer
Exploring the world of “Amatuer Craftsman’s Cyclopedia of Things to Make.”
MakeShift
Can you stay alive until the bank vault unlocks?
Theory & Practice — IR Remote Control Protocol
Get an infrared remote to turn your room lights on and off.
Life Hacks — Building a Smarter To-Do List
Overclocking your productivity: planning your projects one bit-sized piece at a time.
