DiResta: Makerspace Tables
Watch this episode to see DiResta’s special tricks for fabricating his maker tables.
Workshop
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the industrial arts from metal and woodworking to CNC machining and 3D printing.
An Engaging Box for that Engagement Occasion
Reddit user polyfractal built this simple but elegant wooden box to hold a special artifact for a special someone.
Turning Denim On A Lathe
Peter Brown is back with another peculiar marriage of non-standard materials and a lathe. Last time we saw him make a very interesting ring out of colored pencils and this time he’s working with denim to make a bracelet. At first mention, you might be envisioning some sewing of some kind but that doesn’t appear […]
Meet Primitive Pete, or How Not to Use Your Tools
[youtube:http://youtu.be/sd2PNHysj7A] Do you know how a hammer works? Yes, probably, you do — it hasn’t changed much in millennia, and even less in the last 70 years. So this video, a promotional effort by Disney and General Motors from 1945, feels at first like an occasionally delightful, occasionally cringe-worthy (the only character is “Primitive Pete”) […]
How-To: Wooden Organizer Desk Lamp
Obsessed doesn’t even begin to describe how I feel about this wooden organizer desk lamp.
AT-AT Sculpture Made From Reclaimed Skateboards
Skateboards and Star Wars literally come together in an exhibition called Deathstar Blues, featuring this reclaimed skateboard AT-AT sculpture by Derek Keenan.
Beaver Dad Carves Heirloom on ShopBot
This morning, Tim Wilczynski graduated from MIT, and I have it on good authority that his dad, Vince Wilczynski, “Dean Vince” of the Yale School of Engineering, handed him a beautiful family heirloom—a wooden beaver lovingly carved by a father for his son. It’s not the same hand-carved wooden beaver Tim’s grandfather had presented to Vince […]
