How-To: Make a peristaltic pump from an appliance timer
This clever hack from Nederlander Ruud Setteur is only available in Dutch, but the pictures are worth many thousands of words.
DIY Projects
Coming Monday: The Make: Projects platform
We’ve been making allusions for a while now to a new area of the MAKE website, “to be launched soon.” Monday is blast-off! So, what are we launching? It’s our new! improved! (now with more WIN!) answer to the Make: Projects area. The new Make: Projects platform will be a place where we, Maker Media, […]
How-To: Multi-face pedal
Randy Sarafan made this “Fuzz of 100 Faces” guitar pedal: For a long time I have been a fan of the Multi-Face Pedal and have been having fun exploring the different nuances of fuzz by swapping around parts on a breadboard. However, I wanted to make a more permanent fuzz pedal that I could use […]
How-To: Personal Applause Sign
Randy Sarafan writes: For the longest time, people have been neglecting to applaud my myriad accomplishments. I could not abide by this and henceforth set out to resolve this issue. The solution wasn’t immediately obvious, but after mulling it over for a while, it suddenly hit me. People have been culturally conditioned to clap for […]
How-To: Guitar effects proto pedal
Matt posted the steps he took to build a proper stompbox development platform – Designing and building your own guitar effects is a great way to combine a passion for electronics and guitar. However, when testing new designs, I found the fragile circuit on the solderless breadboard was difficult to connect to patch cords and control […]
How-To: Ninja vs. zombie shadow caster
Randy Sarafan at Instructables writes: A few weeks ago I saw a laser cut zombie shadow cast in the Makers Market and thought to myself that it was okay, but it was missing a certain something. What could it be? Was it source files perhaps? Well… yes, but… no… that wasn’t quite it. There was […]
Perfboard prototyping project update
In hindsight, I realized the wiring diagram I posted for the recent Circuit Skills perfboard project left something to be desired (something = offboard parts/connections). So, if you’ve been stumped on what wire goes where – hopefully the above image will clear things up a bit. Of course, this is just what worked for me […]