The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the industrial arts from metal and woodworking to CNC machining and 3D printing.
Anyone who’s tried it knows that “pipe” or “tube welding” is an art that takes a while to master. This outstanding phototutorial by Amy Qian won’t substitute for the hours of practice needed to draw a good bead around a fishmouth seam, but if you’ve got the chops…
This lovely hand-made component, built as part of a crystal radio set Instructables user Jezan assembled for his son, started out as a sheet of 1.5 mm aluminum that looks like it may have come from the side of an old file cabinet. Jezan used minimal tools…
There are certainly a lot of reasons to like this video by Meg Allan Cole over at CRAFT. In it, she shows how to repurpose an old typecase into a coffee table by attaching it to a welded base and fitting a custom glass top.
Whether you have a full-time craft business or some part-time projects you run alongside your day job, you might want to check out Weave, Intuit’s new app for iPhone and iPod. It’s designed to track your projects, tasks, income, and expenses. The app centers around the Projects you set up. These might be individual […]
It’s metal month on MAKE, so in this episode Meg Allan Cole put on her Flashdance leotard and tries her hand at welding to transform a vintage typecase into a industrial coffee table.
In honor of August being metalworking month on Makezine, we rounded up 5 cool, diverse metalworking projects and a primer from our DIY wiki Make: Projects. Full build instructions are available for you so you can get cranking this weekend. First up is the Geared Candleholder by kinetic artist Benjamin Cowden, which first appeared on […]
Make: Live episode 14 is all about metalworking. Metalworker and Madagascar Institute director Hackett taught Matt to arc weld, and gave a sneak peek of his new TV show for the Science Channel, Stuck with Hackett, which premieres August 18th. And Becky gave a jewelry demo showing how to cut and solder sheet silver. Catch […]
