So you thought that you didn’t have enough space to build a boat? How about making one in your living room? The first few pictures are a bit small, but the descriptions of the build are very good. This was my first attempt at building a boat. It’s done in the stitch and glue style. […]
While doing work on the forthcoming The Best of Instructables collection, I ran across this project for building little LED blinky bugs using an AVR Attiny44v. It looks like a great electronics and crafts project for kids and it’s a well-done Instructable. I was certain we’d covered it here on MAKE, but I couldn’t scare […]
This is a nice instructable that allows you to monitor you home network without any expensive equipment. Perfect for those who like to snoop anonymously. Companies like Network Optics make incredible taps, for all sorts of media, but if you have 10/100 home network then for $18 in parts from home depot you can make […]
Richard2nd has put together a simple Instructable on building a digital pinhole camera. The comments mention that the sharper the edges on the pinhole, the greater the depth of field and the sharper the image. More: Pintoids – Pinhole cameras made from Altoid tins DIY High capacity panoramic pinhole camera
Hot glue guns & LEDs – two great tastes tools that go great together – What would I do without LEDs and hot glue? They are integral components to nine tenths of my projects. Well, while I was working on my first instructable I noticed that the LEDs I’d hot glued onto the wires kind […]
Instuctables user wholman (out of Arcosanti, AZ) whipped up a how-to for this chair made from an old metal sign. Looks like a lot of his projects are made from signs featuring the name of a relative of his! More: Tennis ball chair
Instructables user fritz.bogott made this very fancy earth pizza oven, and documented every step of the way. He writes: After several years of baking in North House Folk School’s wood-fired brick oven, I decided to build an oven of my own. I went a little crazy with extra features (slab foundation, arches, ash dump, chimney, […]
