The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the industrial arts from metal and woodworking to CNC machining and 3D printing.
Gary is a friend of a friend of mine. He is a master of building high-quality solutions to problems in his shop. Just watch how he adapts a dust hood to his lathe. The notched stick he crafts for adjusting the hood angle is a thing of beauty.
Over at Curious Inventor (Atlanta, GA), they were inspired by the whiteboard benchtops at the Freeside Atlanta hackerspace. For $12, they got a 8×4 foot piece of panel board from a home store and turned it into a desktop they can write on.
Make a wooden box that can only be opened if you know the secret. Get the PDF and plans for this project here: http://blog.stage.makezine.com/archive/2010/01/weekend_project_unabox_pdf.html More great projects at www.stage.makezine.com
Build a challenging geometric puzzle out of wood then see if you can assemble it. I dare you! Get the PDF for this project here: http://blog.stage.makezine.com/archive/2010/04/weekend_project_egg_heads_pdf.html Check out more great projects at http://www.stage.makezine.com
Make an easy bird feeder out of Ikea bamboo plates. Perfect for sprucing up your garden while feeding our feathered friends.
Online service Zazzle basically prints on anything. Want a one-off t-shirt or mug? They got it. It’s somewhat like Ponoko or Shapeways, you either generate your own design or choose from one of theirs, and then add-to-cart and the item is manufactured and gets mailed to you. Which is not necessarily all that interesting — […]
If you follow CRAFT, as well, you may have seen Rachel’s post back in January about Oregon jeweler Shannon Conrad’s interlocking Lego rings. Shown above is the result of Shannon’s very first experiment with casting from Lego elements, a one-off solid silver Imperial Stormtrooper minifig she made for her 11-year-old son. It weighs 1.5 oz (44g). I know Lego fanboys who happily would trade their own teeth for one of those.
