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13 Useful, Cheap Product Substitutions

Save yourself some money and time using these homemade substitutions for common arts, crafts, and maker supplies.

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Rubber Bands and Fishing Line Make a Low-Budget 3D Printer

Rubber Bands and Fishing Line Make a Low-Budget 3D Printer

Jeffrey Kerr (aka Lobo CNC) is on a mission to make the cheapest DIY 3D printer possible. His current design is the Delta-T v0.3 a non-Cartesian 3D printer in the delta style that uses only a handful of easily sourced parts, including: acrylic, aluminum tubing, stepper motors, an extruder, fishing line, rubber bands, bolts, a controller […]

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Cozy Cosplayer Knits a Captain America Bodysuit

Cozy Cosplayer Knits a Captain America Bodysuit

Need a custom-fitted superhero costume? Better get your knitting needles out and dive into your yarn stash like cosplay enthusiast Fangirl Physics did when she knitted herself an entire Captain America costume by hand! Although she didn’t put out a pattern for this project, she did share thorough documentation of the process of making the […]

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