Building Your Own Dice Tower
Get your dice rolls under control with one of these handy DIY gaming accessories.
CNC & Machining
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the manufacture of metal, wood, plastic, ceramic and composites. We talk about machining, using a lathe to machine metals like steel, brass, and aluminium. We make chips fly!
From Practical to Over the Top: 9 Projects Made with Digital Fabrication
When we were putting together our digital fabrications issue of the magazine, we spent some time searching for digital fabrication projects that wowed us. While some projects are more aspirational than realistic, some were downright practical. Here are our favorite projects from makers, designers, and artists that use 3D printing, CNC machining, laser cutting, and […]
See Who Scored the Best out of 17 of This Year’s Newest 3D Printers
Our online guide incorporates content from the past two years, giving you the largest guide to 3D printers ever compiled in one place.
Get to Know Your CNC: How to Read G-Code
Understanding the commands lets you read a file and figure out what’s going on.
This Week in Making: Codebender Closes, Copycat Factories, and Upright CNCs
This past week we learned some bad news about codebender, more about the economics of copycat factories, and discovered a new way to CNC.
Can a Hanging Plotter Work as a CNC Mill?
The Maslow is one of the more unique CNC router we’ve seen. It uses a couple of bricks and a hanging plotter system.
Maker Spotlight: Marta Ali
Inspired by the buildings and designs of futuristic cities in sci-fi, Marta Ali became an architect and designer to bring creations to life.
