When we put out the call for our Make and Mend theme, our awesome editorial assistant, Laura Cochrane, asked her dad for some ideas. Craig Cochrane is a former U.S. naval officer, a general building contractor, and a woodworker. He’s currently building a one-and-a-half story architecturally detailed carriage house. Here are a few tips he […]
Photograph by Eric Ogden for a Madagascar Institute profile in Popular Mechanics On Thursday, August 12, 2010 (7:00PM – 9:00PM), in Brooklyn, NY, our friends at the Madagascar Institute are doing a workshop called Shop Tools 101. This two hour class, which SHOULD be a pre-requisite for most Madagascar Institute classes, will teach you the […]
Here is a selection of “redneck repairs,” from There, I Fixed It (Epic Kludges + Jurry Rigs). A few more fun ones after the jump. [Thanks, Kent!] There, I Fixed It More: Funky remote control repair leads to electronics interest Make and Mend month
Here’s a really easy and clever fix for an Ethernet (RJ-45) plug, using two zip ties to replace a broken locking tab on the plug. Repair a Broken Ethernet Plug
I’ve never made a quilt, so I had never considered how slippery the fabric is when it’s being fed through the machine. As a result, I had never heard of quilting gloves, but they exist to assist the quilter in keeping the fabric moving through the machine. And Little Birdie Secrets has a tutorial for […]
Jonathan Johns, a coworker of ours over at O’Reilly Media and a frequent volunteer at Maker Faires, sent us a great little mending-in-the-wild story that we think everyone will enjoy. My son, Christian, and his two roommates were on spring break in Arizona. As they were climbing up and around the hills, Christian’s cargo shorts […]
An anonymous reader sent in a link to this neat store. Basically, Formufit sells PVC connectors intended for maker projects. They feature glossy, unmarked fittings for pipe sizes ranging from 1/2″ to 2″. Just like many of our customers, we got our start making household objects out of PVC pipe and hardware store fittings. However, […]
