Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers

Now you can build OpenCAL, the world's first layerless, all-at-once 3D printer.

There's plenty of tech you can recycle in to a rad cyberdeck if you know where to salvage it from.

Finally you can DIY the holy grail of high-energy plasma toys - a toroid generator.

Our favorite open source hardware certifications at the end of 2025 included desktop and pocket PCs, and a device to measure air quality.

The concept alone is pretty funny, and that's before getting a crowd of people together to cheer on their favorite hot dog.

Here's a super simple toy: a plastic bubble tip for a paper airplane. Dip it in bubble solution and leave a puff of bubbles as the plane darts away!

Bean Back Better: How I built - and rebuilt, and rebuilt - 22 versions of the perfect homemade coffee roaster.

Wormhole players and collectors come together around pinball tournaments and keeping machines running. See the finer points of pinball restoration.

Yesterday's technology is a playground for enthusiastic new communities.

I've found player pianos fascinating since I was a kid. The first time I saw a player piano was at the Mall of the Bluffs in Council Bluffs, Iowa, a grand