Alt.GDC: Rocksmith FTW
In the spirit of our ongoing alt.GDC coverage, I thought I’d take just a second to talk about what looks, from my humble vantage, to be The Next Big Thing in video games.
Workshop
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the industrial arts from metal and woodworking to CNC machining and 3D printing.
The Violin Maker
I love this video of Sam Zygmuntowicz, a violin maker in Brooklyn. Whenever I see something like this, I want to break out the hand tools and start doing something immediately. Seeing a true artisan at work is always inspiring.
Tool Review: Syringe Applicators for Plastic Solvent Cements
If you’ve worked with acrylic or certain other plastics before, you might be aware that they bond best with solvent-based adhesives. Solvent-based cements provide the least mess and cleanest bonds if applied with care, helping your projects and enclosures look even better. Solvent cements are best applied via a capillary action, where you assemble the […]
Tool Review: Martha Stewart Craft Station
I first saw the Martha Stewart Craft Station a few months back and wondered if it was worth the money. At the time it had a $150 price tag at my local Michaels – definitely pricey for my craft budget (you can pick it up online for $99). But luckily I’ve had a chance to […]
How-To: Rotary Bench Cams
Clever, simple idea for a workholder that grabs automatically when you push a board into it, and releases automatically when you pull it out. From medicinal chemist and woodworker Brian Grella. From where I sit, it looks like you might only need to make one of these rotating cams, and the other side of the clamp could be a fixed, flat fence.
Flapping Wing Rings
Much as I admire Dukno Yoon’s evident skills as a jeweler and metalsmith, I have to say his aeronautical engineering needs a bit of brushing up. There’s just no way he’s ever going to get off the ground in that thing.
Machine Art: Viking Longship
The nameplate in the video attributes Steampunk Voyager to Forrest Burnett, who otherwise seems to be a bit of a ghost, online. I’m not even sure this video was posted under his YouTube account, since there is different user forrestburnett with a channel that seems to be documenting original kinetic sculptures.
