Custom Tablesaw Blade Revolutionizes Wood Joints with Single Cut
This custom tablesaw blade revolutionizes wood joints with a single cut that allows for custom drawers to be folded together in a cinch.
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MIT to Offer Course in Rapid Prototyping
This summer, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will begin offering a rapid prototyping continuing education course. During the course, which is suitable for a general audience, students will learn about a number of prototyping techniques, design components in a group setting, and then fabricate those parts during lab time. “With rapid prototyping you can fail […]
A Cross Bladed Axe for Double the Wood Chopping Power!
If you’re sick of cutting logs into mere halves for firewood, here’s a new idea, an axe that can instead split a log into quadrants in only one blow! British Columbia resident K. Holmz decided to make his after buying a welder. He had nothing to weld except axe heads, so he “decided to create […]
Self-Aligning Handheld Router Gets New Look and Name
The computer-assisted handheld router makers formerly known as Taktia revealed a smart new design and name to match: Shaper. Their digitally augmented power tools were a sensation at Maker Faire Bay Area last year, and this year’s router is even more impressive, with a clean, integrated design, new touchscreen user interface, and new Z-axis control […]
New CAD Tool OnShape Is Free for Makers
[youtube https://youtu.be/JV8WHJ48Duk] OnShape is a new CAD tool that is likely to make a serious impact within the Maker community by offering professional level tools to Makers for free. The OnShape team has created their tool as a web app, making OnShape a cross platform tool working on Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, and soon Android. We caught up […]
DiResta: Ice Pick 2.0
In this design, Jimmy creates a screw-on sheath for one of his now-iconic DiResta ice picks.
Blacksmiths Gather to See, Hear, Teach, and Learn
Hammers rang on anvils, and the air smelled of forging as the California Blacksmith Association held their Annual Spring Conference in Hollister, California. Billed this year as the Western States Conference instead of just California, blacksmiths came from all over the U.S. and beyond to share knowledge and techniques. Daily hands-on workshops were led by […]
