Xavier of My Heap put together this delightful homebrew engraver’s vise by attaching a PanaVise to a bowling ball that pivots in a PVC pipe coupling. No word on how well it works, but ya gotta give it up for that kind of ingenuity. More: PanaVise crank mod Lie-Nielsen chain-drive shoulder vise World’s most beautiful […]
There are a lot of photography tutorials, but not a many that specifically talk about taking photos for electronics projects – here’s one of hopefully many! This tutorial by John De Cristofaro (Johngineer) aims to teach you how to take photos of your hacks and projects for sharing on the web, and perhaps even in […]
Open music labs introduces the MICrODEC – A Microcontroller and a Codec – A Reprogrammable Audio Processor. Clean design, with an AVR performing all the CODEC functions (handwritten in assembly!). Engraved aluminum case is available, the box is a semi-kit, so all the SMT stuff is soldered on for you already – This could easily […]
Playa lung is a sort of misnomer, (dust can’t get in your actual lungs), but playa dust is a serious irritant and can cause major bronchial issues. Thus the need for particle masks at Burning Man. If you have to rock utilitarian necessities, you might as well do it in style, right? I think that […]
The worst thing about summertime in Austin is the facehuggers. They’re more than just a nuisance; if you’re allergic to alien embryos, like I am, they can actually be quite dangerous. Plus there’s that whole chestbursting thing–inconvenient, embarrassing, and uncomfortable to say the least. I’ve gotten pretty good at removing them using the old spork-and-a-defibrillator trick, but it’s terribly slow and, no matter how careful I am, I always seem to end up burning myself with molecular acid and having to stick those little bits of toilet paper to my face. Fortunately, thanks to space medic Ronald Renne, now there’s a better way. [via Gizmodo]
Got the new iPhone? Need to charge it on the go? Well, it’s not a problem with the new MintyBoost 3.0 from the Maker Shed. Build your own MintyBoost: a small and simple (but very powerful and very MAKE-like) USB charger for your iPhone, iPod, or other MP3 player, camera, cell phone, and any other […]
Throw a stone at any gathering of makers, and you’re likely to hit somebody who owns a set of DIY-savant Dave Gingery’s classic books on building your own machine shop by casting scrap aluminum, melted in a charcoal-powered bucket furnace, into sand molds formed by wooden patterns. I’ve owned a set myself, for more than a decade, and “at least starting on the lathe,” which is the first tool in the series, has been on my someday list since the first time I ever saw the books advertised in Lindsay Technical Books’ classic ad in Popular Science.
