How-To: Band Saw Boxes
A band saw box makes a fun and satisfying beginner’s woodworking project, and Instructables user Wood Chuck has a great tutorial to set you up for success.
Month: August 2010
Sink from rubber
This recycled rubber sink, called RUBBiSH by its creators at Minarc, is made from melted car tires. As Core77 points out, the thin, flexible sheet makes for an exceedingly lightweight sink.
How-To: Remove Seeds from Watermelon
Instructables user Milt_Reynolds claims to have the best method for de-seeding watermelon, do you agree?
CNCed Hilbert curve trivet
Darrel Anderson of Bon Accord, AB, created this geeky trivet as the first project with his new Mark 3 CNC. This is a trivet, in other words a thing to put a hot pot on. The design is a hilbert curve, actually 4 hilbert curves connected to make the one continuous line. The wood is […]
How-To: Self-Binding Flannel Swaddling Blanket
This tutorial for a flannel swaddling blanket from Sachiko of Tea Rose Home uses a self-binding technique that looks really interesting.
Garden trowel from hot-formed PVC pipe
A trowel is such an inexpensive tool, it’s hard for me to imagine making my own for anything besides the experience of making and having made it myself. Still, I can see why someone might want to make this one described by Instructables “PVC whisperer” Thinkenstein: It starts from ubiquitous scrap material, looks good, and is made using an unusual process that involves softening PVC pipe under heat (a delicate trick, safety wise) and forming it by hand.
TextTool: Model Cars Magazine
I have a real weakness for modeling magazines. I rarely build models anymore, but I frequently pick up magazines about the hobby, especially military and figure modeling mags, to ogle all of the amazing kits and finished models. I love all of the stuff that’s being done in the custom, small-production resin and vinyl models […]
