GITD

Low-Poly Papercraft Mask

Low-Poly Papercraft Mask

We featured MAKE Flickr pool member kongorilla’s photograph, showing some of the prototypes for this mask, a couple weeks back. As cool as that picture is, it didn’t prepare us for the finished product.

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How-To: Glow-in-the-Dark Knife Handles

How-To: Glow-in-the-Dark Knife Handles

Michael Gavac is a knife- and sheath-maker in Brooklyn. In this 13-minute video, he demonstrates his dirt-simple process for casting handy GITD epoxy-composite handles on full-tang skeletonized blades.

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Laser Cutting Glow-in-the-dark Plastic

Laser Cutting Glow-in-the-dark Plastic

A few years back, before I worked for MAKE, I had some business cards laser cut and blogged about it. Every so often, somebody runs across them and e-mails asking for helping making their own. I always refer them to Angus Hines, who’s a good friend, a Maker Faire regular, and the best (and least expensive) CNC contractor I know. Recently, Angus was hired by Frank Anselmo Eco to laser-cut some business cards from glow-in-the-dark sheet plastic, which is a pretty cool idea, IMHO. But the reason it’s on MAKE is the sweet lights-out video Angus shot of the laser-cutting action; check out how the phosphorescent plastic continues to glow for several seconds behind each cut. [Thanks, Angus!]

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