The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the industrial arts from metal and woodworking to CNC machining and 3D printing.
Craig Crutchfield’s beautiful garage workshop is “a man cave, a sanctuary, a workspace.” Mostly I build these really crusty picture frames for my really crusty photography out there. But I also use it as a photo studio for a down and dirty look. It’s a laboratory for making camera gear and Frankenstein cameras. I make […]
Robot maker Michal Zalewski sent word that his latest attempt at cat befuddlement, the tinybot mk III, has been meticulously documented and awaits your perusal. Of interest are the geared steering, relatively low-cost components, and the fact that each gear was custom designed, machined, and manually cast in his home workshop.
John Kittelsrud of Phoenix, AZ, dropped a line to share his awesome setup… the photo dates from 1991! “This was about the peak of my workbench related coolness,” he wrote on the picture’s Flickr page.
Greg Charvat, a researcher at MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory, wrote in to share his old workshop, the Rad Lab: This workshop is full of microwave test gear, analog test gear, new stock components, data books, sorted parts, etc. It also has a complete machine shop with a Bridgeport vertical mill, a drill press, compressed air, and […]
Guillaume Trannoy’s workbench sits innocuously in the corner of his office, masquerading as a file cabinet. However, the front flips down to reveal a work surface, soldering station, oscilloscope and power supply. The drawers below hold components.
We’ve talked internally before about the fact that many of us are mesmerized by tutorial videos, even when we know nothing about the subject being demonstrated. I don’t know from woodworking, but I had a great time watching this five-part series on turning a hollow spiral candlestick on a router mill. Okay, so I might […]
Francesco De Comité was one of several makers who responded to my request for more workshop pix. Regular readers of Make: Online may recognize Francesco’s brilliant work, which has appeared here many times, and his eccentric workshop looks like it would be utterly fascinating to explore. (Click to embiggen, somewhat — or see it in […]
