We have some important news to share about HackSpace: Issue 81 was the last issue of HackSpace as a standalone magazine, and HackSpace has become part of The MagPi, the official Raspberry Pi magazine. Starting with issue 145, We’ll be adding pages to The MagPi to make room for the stories and tutorials you’ve come to expect from HackSpace.
By Poppy Mosbacher. Posted
“Why choose between a pen and a wand as your weapon of choice, when you can have both?” says engineering student Connie Yu.
Working from Lower 48, a non-profit woodshop in California, Connie transforms pen blanks into magical looking wands.
Connie drills a hole in the pen blank to create room for the pen barrel and uses a lathe to turn the wood into the desired shape.
Connie chooses to polish the wand with oil and wax “since I like to preserve the original, natural feel of the wood.”
To add some colour, Connie then uses a texturing tool to make crevices in the wood and rubs a paste of gold powder and soft wax into the cracks.
Instructions to make your own pen wands are available here.
Vintage smart radio
All the magic of this build is on the inside
Useless robot
A lot of machines are useless; this one is useless by design
Solar water bottle
Treating water with UV light kills harmful bacteria
ePiPod
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W adds computing power without breaking the bank here
Arc reactor alarm clock
Wake up like a superhero
Cyber clock
Is it a mouse? Is it a car? No, it's a clock!
