How to Wax A Surfboard
Periodically all boards need to be waxed, new and old alike. It’s pretty simple but if you haven’t done it before, this guide will get you familiar with the process. Basecoat: 1. Take your basecoat surf wax and bring it across the board from…
Convert your Honda CR-V into a Comfy, Compact Camper
The CR-V Sleepover Camper: a quick, easy conversion entailing the removal of the Honda CR-V’s backseat, assembly of hinged, spacious storage compartments, and a lid system that doubles as a platform that’s large enough to stretch out and sleep at night. Can be done…
Two cardboard projects: Cardboard Frisbee (easy), Cardboad Surfboard (super-challenging)
Cardboard. An awesome material, great for boxes and backing paper pads. Also useful for more advanced projects. Here are two how-to’s from the web: a simple frisbee, and a badass surfboard. Cardboard Frisbee – More DIY How To Projects CARDBOARD SURFBOARDS or, Cross-sectional Notched…
Build Your Own Electric Guitar – A List of Instructions and Resources
Building your own musical instrument is a project of immense pride and skill. And there aren’t many instruments cooler than the electric guitar. Here are some great sites with instructions on how to build your own: Rick Eesley’s page – Lots of detail and…
DIY Lamp From Translucent Vinyl 45s – Instructable
Found another great instructable at instructables.com. Perfect project for the music fan. Lamp made from translucent 45 records – More DIY How To Projects
Remote Camera Triggering DIY Hack Using Long-range Walkie Talkies
Want to snap photos from a remote location, up to a kilometer away from your rig? Here’s a fairly cheap and easy project using common walkie-talkie radios to allow you to trigger your DSLR from long distance. The comments on DIYphotography.com have some suggestions…
The Awesome Foundation Gives you $1000 to do Something Awesome
Have an awesome idea and need $1000 to make it happen? Apply for the awesome grant – http://awesomefoundation.org/ Submit an awesome idea. If we pick it, we’ll give you $1,000 in cash. Yup, $1,000. Cash. Maybe even in a brown paper bag. You’ll also…
Tomato Plants: Day 54 – First Tomatoes Have Arrived
Great news from the tomato garden: three of the plants have started to produce fruit. They’re brand new, but looking good so far. It’s going to be a good summer.
Another Awesome Instructable Project: Solar Powered Trike
Soon as production ends on the current season, I’ll be building this. Totally rad. Solar Powered Trike – More DIY How To Projects
Tomato Garden, Week Three
At the start of march, I planted eight tomato plants. Let’s check in and see how they’re doing. For comparisons sake, here’s Roma 1, the day it was planted.
Hi, I'm Mike. I’m the executive editor of Make: magazine, and host of Discovery channel’s Punkin' Chunkin' and Catch It Keep It, TV shows where I build and explain crazy machines that crush stuff, blow things up, shoot fire, all in the name of science.
I've previously worked at Wired and ReadyMade magazines, writing about how to utilize new technology in our everyday lives.
This site is where I keep a list of instructions for fun projects I've done, am working on, or draw inspiration from. I encourage everyone to get involved — get up and do something!