MAKE Flickr photo pool member Divine Harvester writes – Removed lipstick, cleaned out remaining plastic pieces. Mixed up some J-B Weld, squished it down in the body. Took the guts from a thumbdrive and shoved it down into the J-B Weld. Added a little more around the edges, leveled it, cleaned up any smudges or […]
One of my first builds for the MAKE blog was the mint tin fume extractor. I was hoping someone would make a version and post it on the web, and it finally happened. Thanks for the link Phil, and a big Thank You to Shawn for posting a video of your mint tin fume extractor. […]
Brad sends this about his son’s gift project: For Christmas this year, Lucas made his grandmom a battery powered amp for her guitar. This was a big project – first time with a soldering iron. Worked out well with only one minor burn. He did 80% of the soldering and drilled all the holes for […]
Ryan Brenner made a Labyrinth as part of his Eagle Scout project. Ryan says: My part was to lead the building of it, but there’s a part of everyone who worked on it in the paths of the labyrinth. Some people brought stones from their yards, the beach, or travels and placed them there in […]
How is your holiday hacking going? If you have been good, Santa has stocked you up with lots of clever goodies to keep you and yours entertained. Below are a few things that I found in my stocking and am looking forward to fussing with: Disposable battery/charger for cellphones. At two dollars (frugal Santa), if […]
Tristan and Libby, sharing their cheese-making knowledge (photo via Mikey). I was lucky enough to get a lesson in cheesemaking from Tristan and Libby, authors of the Whittled Down blog. A gallon of milk and a few other ingredients makes a pound of cheese, and you can go from milk to mozzarella in a couple […]
Here’s a short piece about challenging car-dominated car culture (and, to a lesser degree, high-priced bike shops) in an unlikely city: (via Treehugger) We’ve got the Yellow Bike Project in Austin, which has suspended its bike-earning program while building out a new space but has kept a very-respectable commnity bike repair shop in action. What […]
