In this segment from Fatman and Circuit Girl, “Ken” drops by Jeri’s studio in Portland to demo some Wimshurst Machine experiments. Fatman and Circuit Girl From MAKE magazine: Check out MAKE, Volume 17: The Lost Knowledge issue! Buy your copy in the Maker Shed, Subscribe to MAKE, or Access the Digital Edition (if you’re already […]
Closure is a blog, by jeweler Joycelyn Merchant, about the restoration, reconstruction, and replication of vintage book clasps, hinges, and other hardware. And although it has not been updated since April, there’s tons of cool photos and good info already there. [via Propnomicon]
Keith Lo Bue is a found-objects artist living in Sydney, Australia. Among other things, he makes these really cool art specs out of everything from hot dog tongs to rulers and cuff links to old drafting tools and nautical instruments. You can follow his projects as they come together on his blog. [via Boing Boing] […]
Our pal Jake von Slatt has a great gift guide up at the Steampunk Workshop. Now, all you steampunk haters out there can calm down. This isn’t a steampunk gift guide, just a guide from a maker who happens to work in the style of steampunk (as Jake puts it). The guide covers all sorts […]
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. By Meara O’Reilly, projects intern I’ve been tinkering with the electronics on various cigar box guitars for a while, but I’d never had the chance to build one from […]
Etsy member AbrahamBook has been bitten by the Chumby Guts bug. He’s converted several ancient objects into modern wifi-enabled chumtainment devices. I asked him about what he was aiming for in this latest piece:
My Chumby creation started with an original Chumby although I have produced three similar devices from the Chumby Guts kit. I much prefer producing my devices with the Chumby Guts kit as it is always a messier build when having to undo a stock Chumby configuration. On the occasion that I set out to create the “Chumbaphone” I had used all of my “Guts” kits and Maker Shed had since run dry
by Eric Archer Straight from the 1890s to the 1980s, I would like to suggest any of these fun bits of retro technology for the tinkerers, makers, and geeks on your shopping list. I’ve included plenty of affordable items to help you spread the good cheer. Some are kits that require assembly, others are enjoyable […]
