The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the industrial arts from metal and woodworking to CNC machining and 3D printing.
No feature in a home captures the imagination like a secret compartment or secret passage. But no secret compartment is complete without a secret way to open it. In this project, I share several ways that you can use a simple hanging candlestick (or anything else) to access a hidden compartment.
Designer and artist Martin Bunyi seamlessly brings together skateboarding and needlework with this striking embroidered skateboard deck.
No longer content to sit on the sidelines, ToolKid lets children get into carpentry themselves.
In this episode of Make: Inventions, Steve makes an airbag system that can detect a crash and deploy safely in 1/20th of a second.
Using simple tools, it’s easy to make clean, sharp-looking plexiglass drawers in nearly any size.
In each episode of DiResta (every other Wednesday at 2pm PT), artist and master builder Jimmy DiResta (Dirty Money, Hammered, Against the Grain, Trash for Cash) lets us into his workshop, to look over his shoulder while he builds whatever strikes his fancy. On this episode of DiResta, Jimmy makes a smart leather wallet that he stamped with a piece of Lexan.
DIYs don’t get much more dude-friendly than this! Make a beautiful, functional leather and wood lunchbox with this detailed tutorial.
