Make it Anywhere, Part 2: Mobile Lab Substrate
Steve Roberts, the “high-tech nomad,” shows you how he built his mobile lab and makerspace.
Workshop
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the industrial arts from metal and woodworking to CNC machining and 3D printing.
Gorgeous irising peephole mechanism
Designed by San Diego artist Christopher Schaie and milled on his ShopBot CNC robot to be installed, with a glass dome on one side, to serve as the peephole in a nautical-themed door he is creating for his studio. Details, including DXF files, in this thread on the ShopBot forum.
The Calm Before the Maker Faire
T-minus 1 day and counting! Tomorrow the Maker Faire Bay Area programming begins with Education Day where hundreds and hundreds of school children will get a curated preview of the faire. To take advantage of the calm before the storm, I rolled in yesterday with all my gear, and had the place to myself while […]
RedBlueCNC: A modular CNC
MAKE subscriber Nick Santillan of Vancouver, BC, an ID student at the Emily Carr University of Art & Design, created this CNC for his thesis project. I decided to tackle on making CNC machine by allowing people to be more experimental with them to progress CNC technology from the bottom-up. The end result is a […]
“Diamond plate” industrial fixture plates on the cheap
My favorite laser-cutter is offering these switch/outlet covers in faux-aluminum diamond plate acrylic. $4 for a single, $6 for a double. [Thanks, Angus!]
Make it Anywhere With a Mobile Lab
Steve Roberts, the “high-tech nomad,” shows you how he built his mobile lab and makerspace.
Young Maker Voice: Lucy Leith on Maker Faire
Here’s one of my favorite notes ever. It’s from a Lucy Leith, about her experience at Maker Faire, which she attended last year with her dad, Andy. My name is Lucy Leith, and I am a 13-year-old maker. I heard about Maker Faire through MAKE magazine, and thought that it would be a cool thing […]
