Month: December 2006

Grow your own furniture

Grow your own furniture

Chris grows his own furniture, only takes about 5 years to get a nice stool to harvest – “You can grow a stool or a table frame like these. Fruit growers have been training trees to shape since we don’t know when, and furniture has been made of wood for thousands of years, so why […]

Betz White’s Sewing Machine

Betz White’s Sewing Machine

Betz White, crafter of the cutest felt cupcakes and coffee cup pincushions around, shares with us her personal sewing machine which happens to bear her name. Betz says, “My mom bought me this used/rebuilt machine back in 1985 when I started college for Fashion Design. I have been using it ever since! It’s such a […]

HOW TO – Pan roast coffee

HOW TO – Pan roast coffee

Here’s how to pan roast coffee in 4 easy steps – Link. This goes great with our recent run of coffee related hardware mods and projects. Thanks Brian! Coffee projects: The Solar Powered Coffee Roaster – Link. Hot Rod home coffee roasters – Link. Hacking Coffee Machines – Link. Coffee Art (video) – Link. Homemade […]

Terry McKean’s “Wackercycle”

Terry McKean’s “Wackercycle”

Bill writes in with this excellent homemade weed wacker powered bicycle – “Whilst travelling south on the Pacific Coast Highway (CA 1) in November of 2006, I happened to stop at the restaurant/deli/convenience store in fabulous Gorda, CA. Up rode this chap on his home-built “moped” and I snapped these photos. Sadly, I neglected to […]