Upgrading a Vintage Fan with Leather Blades
Sean Michael Ragan brings new life to this 20th century industrial desk fan by affixing dyed leather to the blades.
Workshop
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the industrial arts from metal and woodworking to CNC machining and 3D printing.
Adorable Automated Turret Launches Rubber Band Barrage
This 3D printed rubber band launching turret looks like it popped right out of Portal.
Working 3D Printed Circular Saw the Size of a Fingernail!
If the giant fingertips in these images look familiar, that’s because they belong to the same crazed maker, New Zealand’s Lance Abernethy, who 3D printed a miniscule, working power drill last year. Lance is back and this time he’s brought his fingernail-sized circular saw. The viral success of his drill video appears to have inspired […]
You Won’t Believe this Beautiful Melodica Is 3D Printed
Maker Daren Banarsë went on a quest to fabricate his ideal melodica. He had to reverse engineer and 3D print it, and the result looks and sounds completely authentic.
Definitely not Boring: Old Tech Drills Any-Shaped Hole
The parser drill (a precursor to the CNC milling machine) is capable of drilling a hole in just about any shape, including sharp corners.
Upcycle Glass Spheres into Unique Speaker Enclosures
If you were to create a speaker enclosure, conventional wisdom would have you starting with medium density fiberboard (MDF), or, possibly, some other wood product. Ryan Sweeney, however, decided instead to use a thick glass cylinder for each speaker, mounting them with cut bamboo. The idea for this came to him while he was working […]
Wookiee Not Included: Millennium Falcon Playhouse
Kyle Gilbert’s DIY Millennium Falcon Cockpit Playhouse falls into a sweet spot right between geeky detail and weekend practicality.
