The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the industrial arts from metal and woodworking to CNC machining and 3D printing.
Sean @ Make: Online writes: Luke Jerram, familiar for his earlier works Glass Microbiology and Portrait-Projecting Ring, has now produced Talking Ring, which is essentially a silver Edison cylinder, cut and played back using custom equipment, recording a 20-second message of affection for his partner Shelina.
CRAFT Video viewer Chris writes in: For sometime since I saw the Firefox symbol you made from Sterling silver, Ive always wanted to make my own. For the holiday I made a co-worker of mine the “Pig” (or Boar) Chinese symbol, which was a first for me. Her symbol was a tad hard and it […]
Turn a junky old flea market find into a shiny new toolbox.
Johngineer writes: My mother collects rocking horses. She tries to get at least one each year for Christmas. This year, she couldn’t find anything she liked in the stores, so I made her one out of brass stock I had lying around. I did a little CAD drawing to help myself visualize what it would […]
Whoa. I suddenly NEED this (and I don’t even do much woodworking). Via Dinosaurs and Robots. Bridge City Tool
I’m in awe of this SawStop safety saw.
Let’s face it, nobody needs a medieval siege weapon on their desk. Or do they? I recently decided that the lack of catapults in our brainstorming sessions at work was negatively impacting our ability to be creative. So I decided to remedy this. My friend Bill Gurstelle is the dean of siege weapons, so I […]
