Tips of the Week: Cosplayer’s Project Notebooks, Silicon Molds from Caulk, Recip Saw Tips, Fire-Starting, and MoreMAKE - By Gareth BranwynTips of the Week is our weekly peek at some of the best making tips, tricks, and recommendations we’ve discovered in our travels. Check in every Friday to see what we’ve discovered. And we want to hear
Play button The Yeti Smart Bench Is a Full-Sheet CNC Router That Assembles in 5 MinutesMAKE - By Caleb KraftWhile at Maker Faire Paris, I bumped into YETI tools. They have an interesting bit of digital fabrication equipment that I think many of our readers will have an interest in. They’re producing a CNC router
Play button Visualizing How Current and Voltage Behave in a Mag Loop AntennaMAKE - By Gareth BranwynI don’t know about you, but I’ve missed Jeri Ellsworth’s YouTube electronics videos. She’s baaaaaack. Last week, Jeri did a video breakdown of her CastAR augmented reality glasses, the sadly now-defunct
Play button Follow Along As a Watchmaker Compares Japanese and Swiss ConstructionMAKE - By Caleb KraftMany makers can relate to spending hours as a child simply taking things apart to see how they work. Wired has taken this concept to a fantastic conclusion with this video, where a certified watch maker
Play button Gift Guide Inspiration: Custom Patches In Your HomeMAKE - By Caleb KraftOur holiday gift guide is growing all the time with new cool stuff that makers will love. Some things that caught my eye this week were the sewing machines. We’ve added a couple really nice ones for both
Play button Printmaking Using Nothing But Plaster?MAKE - By Gareth BranwynWho knew that printmaking with plaster was a thing? In this video, Graham of Diode Press uses nothing but plaster of Paris, a copper plate mezzotint, and ink to create a lovely print piece. He writes:
Play button Designing And Building An 8 Foot Long River of LightMAKE - By Caleb KraftI’ve disliked the under-cabinet light in my kitchen since I moved in years ago. Unfortunately, replacing it has just been one of those tasks I’ve kept putting off over and over. I finally came up with
Play button Making Wall Displays for Fantasy MiniaturesMAKE - By Gareth BranwynEarlier this year, DM Scotty (think: the Martha Stewart of dungeon crafting) posted pictures on Facebook for some diorama-like wall pieces that he’d built for displaying his miniature collection. The idea
Catch Some (Major) Air: New Space Humble Bundle!MAKE - By Gretchen GilesWe were glued to our screens last month as NASA successfully landed the InSight module on Mars. (Bet you were, too.) What an amazing sight a Martian sunrise turns out to be! Accordingly, our final Humble
Cool Crowdfunding: Ceramic 3D Printing, Educational Rovers, and CNC ControllersMAKE - By Caleb KraftWe receive so many pitches for crowdfunding projects. They pour into our inbox daily. Since crowdfunding is a bit of a gamble, it is always kind of hard to determine just how to write about these projects,
Play button Weekend Watch: Maker Melissa’s LabMAKE - By Gareth BranwynThe Melissa of the fairly-new (10 months old) YouTube channel, Maker Melissa’s Lab, has been messing around with electronics for most of her life. She says on her website that she decided to up her game
Tips of the Week: Binder Clip Hacks, Saw Tips, Engineering Basics, and Using a Laptop as a Light BoxMAKE - By Gareth BranwynTips of the Week is our weekly peek at some of the best making tips, tricks, and recommendations we’ve discovered in our travels. Check in every Friday to see what we’ve discovered. And we want to hear
How to Upgrade Your 3D Printer With a Laser EngraverMAKE - By Caleb KraftUpgrading your 3D printer is a fantastic way to improve performance and print quality, as well as learn how the machine works. Often the upgrades are simple things to make it run quieter, get better cooling,
5 Cool DIY Projects to Make for Holiday PresentsMAKE - By Gareth BranwynThere is something undeniably special about homemade gifts. Getting any gift from a friend or loved one is a joy, but getting one that the giver made with their own hands conveys a special degree of thoughtfulness
From Raspberry Pi to Home Brewing, Here Are 19 Projects To Make From Our Gift GuideMAKE - By Caleb KraftGift guides are great, nearly everybody loves them. They may be one of the few advertisements that people are happy to see, since they can genuinely help you decide on a fun gift for a loved one. I know
DJI’s Tiny Osmo Pocket Camera Looks Good For Stablized Project DocumentingMAKE - By Mike SeneseA few years ago, the only options for camera stabilizers were awkward rigs that required carefully balanced passive gimbals, or clunky, large weights strapped to the bottom of a camera to add shake-reducing
Sign Up for Our Free Wearables Livestream WorkshopMAKE - By Mike SeneseWe love wearable technology. Embedded into our apparel, it makes us feel like superheroes, either with dazzling lights, data-gathering sensors, or whimsical motorized elements. Now is as good a time as
Play button 7 Must-Have Mods For 3D Printing, CNC Routing, and LaseringMAKE - By Chris YoheWhile we all know our printers, routers, and lasers will work well out of the box and wouldn’t want to get in the way of their superior craftsmanship, some of the more wild and crazy of our brood will
Putting Together a Maker’s Gift BasketMAKE - By Gareth BranwynI have always had a fondness for kits and curated collections of things. Probably for this reason, I also like Christmas stockings when the person playing Santa has filled it with thoughtful and silly
Pinhole Cameras Cool Crowdfunding: Crystal Sequin LED, Pinhole Cameras, and IoT PlatformsMAKE - By Caleb KraftWe receive so many pitches for crowdfunding projects. They pour into our inbox daily. Since crowdfunding is a bit of a gamble, it is always kind of hard to determine just how to write about these projects,
Maker Faire Live Blog: Maker Faire Paris 2018MAKE - By Caleb KraftMaker Faire Paris has concluded. This was an absolutely stunning event full of creative people. I’m headed back to the states fully inspired and eager to share my experiences with the team. Scroll down
Play button Maker Faire Galicia and the Journey to the Future: Makers on a MissionMAKE - By Jennifer BlakesleeA point of pilgrimage for seekers of all sorts, through the efforts of Maker Faire Galicia‘s forward thinking producers, makers, and innovators Santiago de Compostela looks as much toward the future as
Watch The Mesmerizing LED Undulations of the Quantum GardenMAKE - By Caleb KraftQuantum mechanics can be difficult to explain. Especially if, like me, you don’t really understand it no matter how simple it is broken down. Regardless of my lack of understanding of what is going on,
Live Now: Make’s 2018 Holiday Gift GuideMAKE - By Mike SeneseWe’re thrilled to announce that the 2018 Make: Holiday Gift Guide is live! There are a staggering number of tools and gadgets that fit in the domain of makers — everything from drills to microcontrollers
Play button Maker Faire Paris N°5: DIY Design For The People, By The PeopleMAKE - By Jennifer BlakesleeMaker Faire Paris is setting up for its 5th year at Europe’s largest science museum, the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie (Museum of Science and Industry), whose fantastical facade is pictured below.
Play button Making a Handmade Rubber Stamp and Ink BoxMAKE - By Gareth BranwynIn this video, Brett McAfee of Skull & Spade creates his own brand stamp by turning a piece spalted maple scrap into a handle and cutting his logo out of rubber with a razor knife. Besides demonstrating
Losing a Makerspace in the Paradise WildfireMAKE - By Dale DoughertyNorthern California’s deadly Camp Fire raged through the town of Paradise on November 8, 2018. It burned nearly all of the area known by locals at The Ridge. As of November 19, Cal Fire reports that 77
Play button Designing 3D Printed Stamps For Metal PressingMAKE - By Caleb KraftEven though we see 3D printing every day here at Make: sometimes people can still surprise us. This school project by Daphan Kaplan isn’t complex or groundbreaking, but it still surprised us a bit. They’re
Last Chance: Sign Up For Our Free 3D Design WorkshopMAKE - By Caleb KraftEver wanted to take something small and 3d print it much, much bigger? Technologist/3D designer Matthew Ebisu will show you how to do just that in our free live video workshop on the best practices for
Play button DiResta Builds a CanoeMAKE - By Gareth BranwynIf you keep up with Jimmy DiResta’s YouTube videos and maker exploits, you know that he’s been building a canoe. Slowly but surely. Finally, in this 34 minute video (maybe a record for Jimmy), we see long
