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March 6, 2023
Building A Four Axis Foam Cutter From Hardware Store Parts
Michael Rechtin found himself needing a pretty fancy piece of equipment in order to make complicated shapes out of foam for RC Airplanes. What he needed was a CNC foam cutter that uses hot wire to slice through foam smoothly. Not only that, he needed it to be 4 axis so he could get the […]
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March 3, 2023
Join The Make Magazine Launch Party Live Stream on March 9th
We have really been having fun with these launch parties. Each new issue of Make Magazine that comes out, we gather authors and notable figures for a live streamed event, celebrating the issue. Check out the last one we did. Go reserve your spot now, spots are limited and the archives are limited to members […]
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March 2, 2023
The Maker Music Festival Needs Musical Makers!
The Maker Music Festival is back for it’s third year, and the call for makers is open! If you’ve got the groove and want to participate, you need to get signed up before April 16th. The lineup of exhibits and projects will be announced in late May. The festival is a celebration of all things […]
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March 1, 2023
Mega Arduino announcement has GIGA impact
As useful as the venerable Uno can be for many projects, when makers need more IO, more power, more…everything, they typically find themselves reaching for the beefier, connector-laden Arduino Mega. At least they might have…until the announcement of the new GIGI RE Wi-Fi, the most powerful Arduino board for makers. Built on the Mega’s familiar […]
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February 28, 2023
Unleash The Amateurs: Lessons From The Early Days Of Radio
Guglielmo Marconi’s early experiments in wireless communication, particularly his radio transmission during the 1899 America’s Cup yacht races, had sparked broad interest in the nascent technology. The press was closely covering these developments, which helped Marconi’s popularity but also tantalized others who longed to try and re-create his tests. They got their wish when American Electrician published detailed […]
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February 27, 2023
A Beautiful Sight to See Through: The Hard and Unusual Craft of Stained Glass
Students cut glass and solder to create stained-glass windows at Spokane’s On Track Academy
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February 23, 2023
Hot Keyboards: Find Cool Kits or Build The DuckyPad
DuckyPad is a 15-key, do-it-all mechanical macro pad that helps streamline and speed up your workflow by automating keyboard (and mouse!) inputs. It features a sleek design and all the goodies of a high-end keyboard — mechanical switches, hot-swap sockets, RGB LEDs for each key, and USB-C. But more crucially, duckyPad also features previously-unseen-in-macro-pads innovations such as: • OLED screen that […]
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February 22, 2023
Brigitte Kock’s 3D Printed Textiles Have Us Re-Thinking Design
I stumbled onto a really fascinating series of TikToks on designing a 3D printed corset with fully 3D printed connectors and everything. You can see in the TikTok embedded above, how there are neat little ball and hole style connectors that hole the whole thing together, and that is where things get really interesting. Brigitte […]
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February 21, 2023
Maker Spotlight: Richard Cleveland
Name Richard Cleveland Where are you located? Calgary, Alberta Canada What is your day job? Product Specialist/Content Creator Youtube | Website What kinds of stuff do you make? If it can be 3d printed then I print it. How did you get started making stuff? I have been into making before it was a thing! […]
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February 20, 2023
Make Pixel Art With A Kit You Can 3D Print Right Now
I absolutely love when people design things for 3d printing that are somewhat open-ended. By that I mean that the final product or result is somewhat up to the person doing it. Kits are a perfect example and this art project is another delightul example. JoshkenYT has put together this set that allows you to […]
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