In the Maker Shed: ProdMod LED Video Light Kit
Have you tried taking video using your digital camera but never seem to have enough light? Solve that problem by making your own LED video light using the Prodmod Kit from the Maker Shed.
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Making a Blade Out of Homemade Steel
This six part epic follows knife maker Jesus Hernandez as he builds a pair of Japanese tanto knives from homemade steel. He begins with building a smelter to produce steel from ore and progresses through to the process of folding and forming the blades into an elegant pair of traditional weapons. Each step is documented […]
Using a Glue Gun To Teach Injection Molding
Interesting idea from the UK’s Mindsets online. I haven’t found any pictures or video of the actual process or its products, so it may be one of those many brainstorms that turns out to be, ah, well…let’s just say “more interesting as an idea than in practice.” Still, I am intrigued.
In the Maker Shed: Saga Guitar Kits
Saga Guitar Kits, available in the Maker Shed, include all the parts and instructions to make a playable instrument. These affordable kits let you learn the guitar from the inside out while allowing you to personalize it any way you want.
Intern’s Corner: Make Labs Tour
Take a tour of the new Make Labs with MAKE engineering intern Nick Raymond.
New in the Maker Shed: Red Blinky Grid
The Red Blinky Grid, as seen on Wednesday night’s episode of Make: Live, is now available in the Maker Shed. The Red Blinky Grid is matrix of 56 LEDs that can display text and animations in a variety of ways.
Program Your Blinky Grid and Blinky POV With Your Browser
Pesky hardware hackers Wayne and Layne have created two new kits that are essentially classics with a major twist. We’ve released two new kits, Blinky Grid and Blinky POV. Both are little LED kits that are reprogrammed by holding them up to our web page that blinks. Those blinks are picked up by light sensors […]