DIY Projects

Homemade toys for tots

Homemade toys for tots

Via Mother Earth News, here are plans for 6 different toys for tots (32 months and less) along with developmental reasons for them. Some are incredibly simple, like this ‘tracking toy:’ All include explanations linking your creation to the baby’s development. For the toy above: 1 1/2 to 3 months The first three month’s of […]

DIY Panavise base

DIY Panavise base

Adam writes in – You can buy weighted bases that are specifically made for the Panavise 201 Jr; but I had the materials lying around and a lot of times making stuff is funner than buying it. I used a 2.5lb plate weight (or dumbbell weight) for the weighted base. The only modification needed was […]

DIY hot knife

DIY hot knife

Sean Ragan has put his old soldering iron to good use: The upgrade left me with a surplus soldering iron and the opportunity to try a modification which first occurred to me when I was 10 or 11 and still playing around with Dad’s tools in our old garage, which was to try to adapt […]

Designer Moleskines

Designer Moleskines

One of the longest standing information systems has got to be the notebook. With a notebook, you can put any idea down on paper, and get it out of your mind. Often this will give you more room for new and maybe even better ideas. Sometimes, the notebook itself can become a wonderful object in […]