Tool Review: Couch Spray Paint. No, Seriously.
To make an already-overlong story short, this stuff actually works pretty well. And considering what a ridiculous idea upholstery spray paint is, in the first place, it works almost *astoundingly* well.
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How-To: Paint a Glitter Guitar
Completely makeover a lackluster guitar with a gleaming glitter finish. Don’t be intimidated to dismantle the pieces of a beater guitar and customize your instrument with a coat of paint. Add vivid, colorful shine with a gorgeous spray paint from Krylon called Glitter Blast. It is fully saturated sparkle. The paint dries into a pure […]
Kraus Motor Co. Handmade Motorcycle
Bolide is an amazingly intricate and stunningly beautiful motorcycle, from Kraus Motor Co, in Cazadero. You may recall seeing Satya Kraus working on the bike in the premire edition of our video series, Meet the Makers. Bolide just took 3rd place in the 2011 World Championship of Custom Bike Building. Every part of this bike […]
Heathkit Getting Back In The Kit Business
By popular demand, Heathkit is bringing back the kit building tradition. Successfully building your own products provides a sense of pride and accomplishment, not realized by simply buying something off the shelf.
Wooden Trolling Motor Made With Drill
Berto Aussems of Maastricht, the Netherlands, built a trolling motor powered by a drill. Anyone with a cordless drill can make this trolling motor, just from wood. This is a fun project; making it, in a couple of hours, and to navigate on still waters. OK, you have to buy a propellor, a square drillhead, […]
How-To: Cut Polymer Clay with an Electronic Cutter
Jenny from Craft Test Dummies is always coming up with new and creative uses for any craft product that she gets her hands on. Case in point, her How to Cut Polymer Clay with the Cricut tutorial takes electronic cutters out of the realm of paper craft, and shows just how versatile they can be […]
In the Maker Shed: Getting Started with Compressed Air Rockets Kit
Need a fun, kid safe summer project? The Getting Started with Compressed Air Rockets kit from the Maker Shed is perfect for young makers! Just a few pumps of a bicycle pump (not included) will send homemade rockets blasting 200-300 feet into the air! Perfect for families, summer camps, neighborhoods, or just for fun. High quality parts are built to last for years and thousands of launches.
