The secret to these crisp apple chips starts with getting the slices extremely thin. A Japanese mandolin makes it easy to create uniform pieces that can dry evenly in the oven. The apple slices are ...

All you need is a white potato of your choice, some vegetable oil a skillet and a knife and you are set. If you want the crinkle look just you the middle part of a hand grater or mandolin if you have ...

Gizmodo’s Human Generated is a series of profiles and interviews with some of the most inventive people working across tech, science, entertainment, and art. We go beyond the finished product to ...

Even an outdoor water faucet became part of one of the homemade instruments. The telescopes were crude compared with the equipment used at professional observatories, but they allowed Tombaugh to ...

A local entrepreneur hopes to spread the joy of homemade musical instruments throughout Athens County. The inaugural Big Blue Guitar Festival will be held at Waldbaden Acres at 6265 Luhrig Rd. on Sept ...

A rare and sought-after mandolin has sold for nearly £3,000 from a high-street charity shop. Ray Jackson, a musician best known for his solo on Rod Stewart's 1971 hit song Maggie May, purchased the ...

Get ready to build, test, and play your very own homemade musical instrument. This DIY Xylophone STEM project lets kids explore the science of sound by creating music with vibrating copper pipes. It ...

On October 30, 2023, shortly before my sixty-ninth birthday, I stepped into a music store a few minutes from my house, in the southern suburbs of Milan, to buy a mandolin. At first, I thought that I ...

Musicians have changed the sound landscape through their creativity and experimentation, from custom-made guitars and legendary drum machines to creative workshops and DIY electronics. These ...

The Jazz Mandolin Project will return in 2026 for its first tour in two decades. From Feb. 4-7, the beloved Burlington, Vt.-based outfit formed by genre-bending string master Jamie Masefield will set ...

Jazz Mandolin Project confirmed a brief set of 2026 Tour dates, their first true tour in two decades. The run of shows leads up to a previously announced appearance aboard Jam Cruise 22 (February 8 - ...