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Concrete Succulent Planters
This week I made some small concrete planters, using old plastic containers as molds. This was my first time working with concrete, but I do have some mold making and casting experience from school, albeit rusty. If you’re a newbie like me, these two free Instructables Classes will be extremely handy: Concrete Class Mold Making & Casting…
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Vintage Honda CB200 Chain Tension Adjustment
The chain on my motorcycle was super loose, and should probably be replaced. I ordered a new one, but then found out that I should also replace the sprockets at the same time, so today I’m just adjusting the chain tension on my 1975 Honda CB200. I almost didn’t make this tutorial, since I basically…
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Appearance on Makers’ Hustle Podcast
I appeared on this episode of the Makers’ Hustle podcast: Amy, Jeff, and Bill are joined by Becky Stern (of Instructables, Adafruit, and Make: Magazine fame) to discuss content creation and what it’s like to be a woman online.
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Matte Finish Motorcycle Tank Painting
I painted this tank a while back and just hadn’t gotten around to editing it because the tank still awaits some custom art, a topcoat, and final mounting on my boyfriend’s hardtail xs650. But hey, when that happens maybe I’ll do a part two! No need to keep this DIY hostage until then, so here…
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Smart Lamp with ESP8266 & Amazon Echo
In this week’s project, I’m upgrading a vintage lamp with voice control using an Amazon Echo and ESP8266 microcontroller. Full tutorial with wiring diagram and code on Instructables.
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5 Tips for Documenting DIY Projects
It feels like just yesterday I was writing my first tutorial on Instructables, but it was actually over a decade ago. Since then, I’ve been making and publishing tutorials almost every month, and more recently, every week. During that time, I’ve accumulated some tips for you. Some of these tips can be found in my 2014 MAKE…
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My Camera Gear 2017
I am asked frequently what equipment I use to capture and edit my DIY projects, tutorials, and videos. Here’s a comprehensive list of my current arsenal for 2017. I maintain the opinion that you can always take great photos and videos with whatever camera you have (so long as you’ve got good lighting), which has…
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Infinity Mirror Build, Live! (sorta)
1pm PT/4pm ET broadcast of my Instructables Infinity Mirror webinar on Facebook Live! Show is pretaped but I’ll be answering questions live in the chat.
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Cat Portrait Patches
RIP Beatrice, 2000-2017 I made embroidered patches to memorialize my cat, Beatrice. You could use this technique to create an embroidered patch from any image, really. I’m going to walk you through the things that I did, but there’s a bunch of different tools you could use instead for each step to arrive at a…
