Kevin made an awesome chicken skeleton with his son, he writes – As a lesson in anatomy, my son and I reassembled a chicken skeleton from the bones remaining after a chicken dinner. We cleaned and dried the bones, then hot-glued them together. It came out pretty cool. A chicken is a lot bigger than […]
@ Maker Faire MAKE’s Phil Torrone and Limor Fried of Adafruit Industries talked about emerging opportunities for makers to create and sell their work – here are our slides and notes – ZIP (27mb). EDN also has a write up. Each year we’ve seen more and more makers do what they love (making) as a […]
Sean writes in with a lug nut pill case for gearheads! This is a pill case made from a lug nut, a matching threaded bolt, and an o-ring. In the prototype shown, the lug nut is chromed and the bolt is stainless steel. Stainless steel lug nuts are available, however, and those that I manufacture […]
Welding by Mr. Jalopy. If you need metal stuck together, there is no quicker path than buying a portable 110-volt wire-feed welder. Mr. Jalopy’s introduction to welding will help you understand the process and show how you can be a welder by the end of the weekend–and end up with a couple of jigs for […]
This emulator system project turns an old 486 PC into a Nintendo emulator system running NESticle. The mod even includes connectors for the original NES controllers which makes it more authentic than ever. Emulator System
This “tiny” oscilloscope rescued from a yard sale, was rebuilt with a 1-inch diameter Mullard DH3-91 CRT. Check out the nicely compiled details of its refurbishment at the link below. TinyScope
Here’s a detailed description of the guts of the “Plasma Mug”, another piece of geeky schwag. This maker details the entire breakdown process to the last drop of spilled dripping hot glue. Plasma Cup Inverter
