Repurposed Drawers into Porch Planter Boxes
Love have flowers around but need a place to keep them? Make these handy free standing planter boxes from old wooden drawers!
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The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the industrial arts from metal and woodworking to CNC machining and 3D printing.
Make It for Mom: Easy Wood Grain Silhouette Portrait
What else could be more thoughtful than a DIY gift for mom featuring her darling children in a silhouette portrait? This is a simple and effective project that even the least of the handy dads out there can make in time for Mother’s Day this weekend. All you need is a camera (even your phone will do), […]
Simple Technique to Create Gorgeous Copper Wire Inlay
In this video I inlay a simple celtic knot pattern into a piece of cherry wood
Watch These Kids Go Nuts Making Rube Goldberg Machines
STEAMLabs invited kids and families to build crazy Rube Goldberg machines at their brand-new Makerspace in downtown Toronto, and the resulting video is 62 seconds of fun. Makes me think OK Go should just hire these kids to do their next video. STEAMLabs is a non-profit, all-ages Makerspace dedicated to empowering kids and adults to […]
Reorganize Your Workshop With Custom-Made Tool Holders
Matthias over at Woodgears.ca has done a series of videos detailing the custom wooden tool holders he built to reorganize his workshop. You can see images and explanations of each build on the main page and find links there to specific tool holder projects and build videos. It’s spring; time to get organized!
George Washington Inauguration Hatchet and Other Rarities at Antique Tool Museum
Here at Make: we love using and discussing the latest, most innovative tools. After all, better tools help us build better projects. But what happens to the old tools we no longer need? Evidently, some of them receive a second life as items in the Antique Tool Museum in Nevada City, California. Tools were the last thing […]
6 Slick Tools You Can Make for Your Electronics Workbench
Build these cool tools to assist you on your electronics workbench.
