How-To: Document folders from keyboard circuit sheets
Instructables user zieak upcycled some discarded keyboard circuit sheets into this attractively geeky document folder for his wife.
DIY Projects
Building a spot welder from a battery charger
Josh at imsolidstate came across an extra battery charger, so he decided to turn it into a spot welder.
Blue barrel Frisbee golf target
Is there anything you can’t build with an old blue barrel? Instructables user Kentucky-bum made this Frisbee golf target. More: Recycled barrel chair Weekend Project: Barrel Water Collector
How-To: Position-sensitive MIDI drum pad
The SynPad uses four corner-mounted piezo sensors to determine the pressure and relative location of a given hit. The project can easily be made on the cheap, and turns out a pretty sophisticated Arduino-based MIDI percussion controller. Gang1ion shares the relevant steps and source code for making one yourself. [via Matrixsynth] In the Maker Shed: […]
Intern’s Corner: How to photograph your DIY project
Every other week, MAKE’s awesome interns tell about the projects they’re building in the Make: Labs, the trouble they’ve gotten into, and what they’ll make next. Part 1. Setting up a background for your project. By Ed Troxell, photo intern As a DIYer, you share your projects to show off your expertise and to help […]
How-To: Make great big stuff
I’ve had this long-standing concept for a theme restaurant where everything–tables, chairs, utensils, food, condiment dispensers–is like 30% bigger than normal. The idea is to make you feel like a kid again. We’d call it “Tiny’s.” (And yes, we’re still seeking investors. Also waitstaff suffering from gigantism.) Look for one soon in a strip-mall near you. Believe me, you won’t be able to miss it.
In the meantime, if you just can’t wait for the experience, you could always start filling up your house with great big versions of the stuff you already have. Instructables has just posted a cool round-up of tutorials on how to do just that. Shown uppermost is user Tetranitrate’s giant match. And yes, as the middle photo shows, it does (or did) actually work. At bottom, last but in no sense least, there’s user indymogul’s giant sandwich, which I think was part of a Halloween costume or something. But who cares? Giant sandwich!
Hardware sorting box
Rachel @ CRAFT points us to this drawer set with graduated boxes for proper and easy hardware storage, what a neat idea!