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A tool-jewelry box and good bye Tim Hunkin
Here is a Tool-Jewelry Box I made for our Cabinet of Curiosity in the Tinkering Studio to display the idea of our Tool Dissection activity. We got a lot of old broken handdrills for the Open Make, and...
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Plastic Fusing at OpenMAKE: Tools
For OpenMAKE: Tools we revisited one of our classic activities – plastic fusing! I was particularly interested in doing this activity for tools for two main reasons. The first is that I liked using a...
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Tool Dissection at Open Make: Tools
Hello, once again, I am going to blog about our Tool Dissection activity. As I have posted several times (1, 2, 3) about our preparation for the event, at Open Make:Tools, we finally tried the activity...
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Al Belleveau’s Toolbox
Al works as a blacksmith in Northern Minnesota. I became aware of his work through the Headwaters Science Center years ago, where he made a dinosaur for an old friend, Laddie Elwell (the Center’s...
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Open MAKE Tools: circuits three-ways
During the last Open MAKE: Tools event we tried to offer three different and progressively new (to us) approaches to making a circuit. We called this experiment “Circuits three-ways”, and it consisted...
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Stop Motion with Dax’s Cardboard Tools
At the past open make event, we tried out the large scale animation activity again, but this time added some tool themed props to the mix. Dax Tran-Caffee, cardboard artist, mask maker, performer and...
View ArticleSanding Paper?
Nina sent us a link to this video, saying “this made me think of the transition from tools to trash.” I find it mesmerizing and slightly poetic. What does it make you think? John Wood & Paul...
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Made in China
The past two weeks I have been on vacation scouting for interesting examples of tool use in China. I wanted to share a few examples of unique tools I saw while I was over there that I thought were...
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Hacking the Windtubes in the KSA
We brought lots of tools and extra supplies with us to Saudi Arabia so that we could tinker with our activities, make adjustments to the exhibits, and adapt to what we notice in the environment. This...
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Constructing with cardboard
Dax Tran-Caffee is building a giant pair of needle-nose pliers, which happen to be one of our favorite tools. Check out the photos below, showing the pliers in process. Cardboard is a malleable...
View ArticleMoment of Zen – Changing the Gels
Moment of Zen – Changing the Gels from The Tinkering Studio on Vimeo. Walter demonstrates an interesting technique to change out the gels on the lights in the TS workshop.
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A peak into our first Tinkering Social Club
On Thursday night this week during the museum’s adult evening hours we launched a new, experimental program for curious tinkerers called Tinkering Social Club. Inspired by our current artist in...
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