Hammerspace, One Year Later
Progress and improvements at Kansas City’s main makerspace, as seen last night at their pre-Maker Faire KC open house.
Workshop
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the industrial arts from metal and woodworking to CNC machining and 3D printing.
The Makers of Things
There’s something about Britain, it’s the land of God’s own hobbyists. The Makers of Things is a short film collection by Anne Hollowday documenting the work and workshops of the Society for Model and Experimental Engineers. While today we hackerspaces, makerspaces and fab labs, back in the 1800’s they had the learned society.
Handibots are Going Fast
ShopBot launched a Kickstarter campaign for its much anticipated Handibot and pre-orders for the mini CNC devices are moving fast. The company sold the 10, $1,995 early bird specials within the first hours of its campaign. As of this writing ShopBot had raised $25,000 of its $125,000 campaign.
DiResta: Star Key
In each bi-monthly 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 dives into another key project, this time fashioning a steam punk-looking key fob with old coins and three keys.
Ten Tips for Dremels and Rotary Tools
A rotary tool is is essential for many makers. It has so many different bits and attachments, it can be used in a variety of ways, replacing other tools in small-scale situations.
How-To: LED Photo Lights
What do you use to light small objects you’re trying to photograph? MAKE contributing editor and author of the bestselling Make: Electronics book Charles Platt found that electronic flash is overkill and photo lights are too bulky and hot, so he built an array of miniature LED photo lights and shared the how-to with us in MAKE Volume 34.
How-To: Screwdriver Holder Coat Rack
An attractive tool organization solution does double duty as a space-saving coat rack in this screwdriver holder coat rack tutorial!
