Make: Daily In This Issue... Maker Travelers Are More Than Just Volunteers! 3DShook Offers a Curated Collection of 3D Designs DiResta: Embossing a Journal Biking Across Europe to Document the Maker Movement The Whamola Is the Single-String Whammy Viola You Can Make Yourself Twigs into Toys: Build Your Own Rustic Building Blocks Flashback: See The First Ever Maker Faire Program Guide Announcing the Winners of the PSoC Pioneer Challenge How and Why Your Startup Should Consider Onshore Manufacturing How to Make Textured Concrete Nesting Tables from Lego Molds Maker Travelers Are More Than Just Volunteers! The Maker Faire Traveler Program takes you behind the scenes at our flagship events in the Bay Area and New York. Take the skills you learn from these events into your community and spread the Maker Spirit. Sign up to help at Maker Faire and you get to attend for […] The post Maker Travelers Are More Than Just Volunteers! appeared first on Make:.         Related Stories Flashback: See The First Ever Maker Faire Program Guide See Diet Coke & Mentos, a Two-Ton Hexapod, and More at Maker Faire UK Announcing the Winners of the PSoC Pioneer Challenge   • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • 3DShook Offers a Curated Collection of 3D Designs As more and more users turn to design sharing sites like Thingiverse or Youmagine, the communities grow and more designs are available to the world at large. The only problem? Not all of the users uploading designs are sharing good content. While these sites have collected amazing works by extremely generous and talented […] Read more on MAKE The post 3DShook Offers a Curated Collection of 3D Designs appeared first on Make:.          Comments With a curated & regularly updated library combined with a ... by Élie Zgala Related Stories This Prototype Uses a RepRap To Play Air Hockey MakerBot Teams With 3D Hubs, Offers Local Thingiverse Prints MakerBot’s New Tool Converts 2D Sketches to 3D Designs   • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • DiResta: Embossing a Journal In this episode, DiResta shows a simple way to emboss tool designs on the cover of notebooks. Read more on MAKE The post DiResta: Embossing a Journal appeared first on Make:.         Related Stories Can’t Find the Perfect Leather Bag? Craft Your Own DiResta: Cat Puppet Paws DiResta: Push Sticks   • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • Biking Across Europe to Document the Maker Movement 3,000 kilometers, six countries, two women on bikes, and one bright yellow Pelican case containing camera gear. We are Madison Worthy and Miriam Engle, and we’re biking from Copenhagen to Barcelona during the summer of 2015 to film a documentary about the European Maker Movement. Our documentary is titled Self-­Made, […] Read more on MAKE The post Biking Across Europe to Document the Maker Movement appeared first on Make:.         Related Stories Ever Wonder What the Maker Movement in Sweden Looks Like? New Hardware Accelerator Bridges Gap from SF to Shenzhen New Project: Make a Waterproof Bike Light from Soda Bottle Caps   • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • The Whamola Is the Single-String Whammy Viola You Can Make Yourself If you've seen any episode of South Park past season nine, you probably recall the catchy, goofy theme song. What you might not know is that Primus frontman Les Claypool not only composed those funky sounds, but popularized the easy-to-build instrument on which he performs the song. The Whamola (a […] Read more on MAKE The post The Whamola Is the Single-String Whammy Viola You Can Make Yourself appeared first on Make:.         Related Stories Blow the Shofar in Style with Beautifully Workshopped Filagree This Prototype Uses a RepRap To Play Air Hockey Understand 1,700 Mechanical Linkages with these Helpful Animations   • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • Twigs into Toys: Build Your Own Rustic Building Blocks If you ask someone what toy they most often played with as a child, they will most likely reply with some variety of building block set. It might be Lego, Lincoln Logs, Tinkertoy or K’Nex, to name a few of the more popular mass-produced toys. Instead of shelling out your […] Read more on MAKE The post Twigs into Toys: Build Your Own Rustic Building Blocks appeared first on Make:.         Related Stories Battle of Hoth Recreated on Gaming Table for Salute 2015 Attack On Titan Cardboard Table Is Cosplay for Your Couch Hole Punch Adds Twist to the Classic Flipbook   • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • Flashback: See The First Ever Maker Faire Program Guide Step back in time with me, and behold the program guide to the first-ever Maker Faire. I was there, way back in the year 2006, demonstrating clay animation with my museum colleagues. I cherished this guide, but it went missing a few years ago. I’m so glad to have found a digital version […] Read more on MAKE The post Flashback: See The First Ever Maker Faire Program Guide appeared first on Make:.          Comments I remember it well. It was one of the best times of my life. I ... by Andy III Related Stories See Diet Coke & Mentos, a Two-Ton Hexapod, and More at Maker Faire UK Announcing the Winners of the PSoC Pioneer Challenge Battle of Hoth Recreated on Gaming Table for Salute 2015   • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • Announcing the Winners of the PSoC Pioneer Challenge One project wins $450 in gift certificates, and the Grand Prize winner will travel to Maker Faire Bay Area next month with their project! Read more on MAKE The post Announcing the Winners of the PSoC Pioneer Challenge appeared first on Make:.         Related Stories Your Vote Counts: Help Decide the Winners of the #PSoCMaker Challenge. Vote for Your Favorite #PSoCMaker Countdown to the PSoC Pioneer Challenge Deadline — Your Final Weekend   • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • How and Why Your Startup Should Consider Onshore Manufacturing It has become cool to build things again, and more companies are trying to manufacture their ideas stateside. Read more on MAKE The post How and Why Your Startup Should Consider Onshore Manufacturing appeared first on Make:.          Comments Comments Related Stories The Surprising Maker Backstory of Intel’s Tiny New Computer   • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • How to Make Textured Concrete Nesting Tables from Lego Molds Ben Uyeda at HomeMade Modern has put together a how-to on creating a set of handsome concrete nesting tables using little more than a Lego brick mold and Quikrete Countertop Mix. And no, you don’t sacrifice the Legos. A little non-abrasive soap and water will have them back in action […] Read more on MAKE The post How to Make Textured Concrete Nesting Tables from Lego Molds appeared first on Make:.         Related Stories Sofa Hack: Wooden Armrest Table with Built-In Cup Holder Attack On Titan Cardboard Table Is Cosplay for Your Couch Be Careful How You Upcycle   • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments •

 

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