The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the industrial arts from metal and woodworking to CNC machining and 3D printing.
John Baichtal @ Make: Online found this gorgeous etched brass LED lamp by Japanese artist Keisuke Matsushita. If you’re not into harmful etching chemicals, another way to remake this could be with heavy paper and a laser cutter. More photos after the jump!
Ever come out of a long kit build with a splitting headache from the solder fumes? Me too. A benchtop solder fume extractor’s been on my shopping list for some time, but to be honest, I wasn’t very excited about another piece of expensive safety equipment. I recently had the chance to try out an […]
As our special quarterly theme comes to a close, I’d thought I’d share some awesome workshops we’ve covered in Make: Online. Some of these shops are glorious, others more humble, but I found them all fascinating. Do you have a cool workshop and want to share? Send me links or photos at johnb@makezine.com. #10 Mark […]
Make: television Executive Producer Richard Hudson, Maker Workshop segment host John Edgar Park, and MAKE Editor and Publisher Dale Dougherty, proving that they can clean up well. Note Dale, the rebel, sans bow tie. Shocking! John Park and his wife Erin Kelly Park (who’s contributed to MAKE). Nice dress, Erin! Okay… ah… technically, we didn’t […]
Do some blacksmithing and make your own nails and other small iron parts.
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This recliner is very comfortable, easy and inexpensive to build, and can be assembled or disassembled in a few minutes. Get the PDF for this project here: http://blog.stage.makezine.com/archive/2010/05/weekend_project_rok-bak_chair_pdf.html
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They sent me a couple of samples, shown above, which I just now received and applied to my wall, and I am pleased to be able to report that the technology is apparently everything they claim. Plus the prints look great. They sent me the four-foot size, which they recommend applying with a friend, because you have to peel it off of a wax-paper backing and get it aligned and smooth on the wall and that’s a lot easier, with a large size, if you’ve got four hands. But I was able to do it by myself with only a minimum of swearing by just peeling off the top edge of the decal, aligning it and smoothing it down on the wall, and then reaching behind the hanging print to peel off the backing from the top down, smoothing the decal to the wall as I went. I just put them up a week ago, so I can’t report anything about how long the adhesive really lasts, or if it will really stay on the wall for months or years until I move. Or whether, when I do finally remove it, if it will really leave the wall undamaged. But this far into the product life-cycle, anyway, I am beyond impressed. The prints cling tight to the wall and, unless you look really close, appear to be painted on–like you’ve got custom murals painted right on your walls.
