Month: August 2007

Homemade welding machine

Homemade welding machine

Erik writes – Being on the ground in Nairobi makes it a little easier to find good AfriGadget stories. I took a walk down Ngong road, an area with a lot of shadetree mechanics, wood carvers and metal fabricators. The first place I stopped at had a home made welding machine. Simon, the shop owner, […]

New Buttons on Craftzine

Hi Crafters! We are working hard to enhance the site and have added 2 new buttons to our blog which you’ll see for each blog post under the row of links at the end of the post as shown above. Hive It: The first button is the Stylehive “Hive it” button where you can easily […]

The Origami house

Darren writes – Here is a time lapse video of construction of a life sized origami house complete with furniture. The video was taken over the week of construction. And a link that shows how to make your own bricks. The Origami house – Link & make your own bricks.

Hand-dyed Yarn

Knitgrrl, proprietor of Stitch Cleveland, and all around fiber queen, Shannon Okey has hand-dyed some gorgeous yarn recently and has made them available for all of us in Internet-land in the Stitch Cleveland Etsy shop. Each yarn is named after a famous knitter. If you think your yarn stash is already full, you won’t be […]

“Green” surfboard kits

“Green” surfboard kits

Brian writes – DIY eco-friendly surfboard building supplies. Bamboo fiberglass, stringer, and fins. Recyclable EPS foam core. Bio-plastic accessories. Eco-friendly epoxy. Comprehensive 5 DVD instructional vids show every step of the process for a great looking and even better performing surfboard your first board building project. Greenlight Surfboard Supply (warning, the site sings) – Link.