Crafty Events
A weekly roundup of craft fairs and a call for vendors.
Month: February 2011
Skill Builder: Tuning Planes and Chisels
Master woodworker Len Cullum shows you how sharpen, or “tune” your woodworking chisels and planes.
Printed Modular Buckyball Lamp
Michael Rule of Providence, Rhode Island, printed the 12 pentagonal and 20 hexagonal modules of his Atomic Sun lamp on a MakerBot. I have to say, it looks more like a viral capsid to me, but I can see why one might want to avoid that as a name. The models are available on Thingiverse.
Repair an Old Piano by Making DIY Hammers
Prolific sound hacker Ranjit Bhatnagar designed these replacement hammers for a discarded piano that made it’s way up to NYC Resistor. Pianos have always seemed like mystical creations to me, so I really appreciated the demonstration that you can just make new parts for them! The design template and instructions are available on his Thingiverse […]
Kitchen 101: Chocolate Skills
Melted chocolate is a great way to jazz up your treats. We love to dip fruits, marshmallows, candy canes, pretzels and more in chocolate. You can also use melted chocolate to drizzle on top of cookies, bars or cupcake frosting, but there are a few things you should know before you get started.
Mechanical Pac Man
Toronto’s Jonathan Guberman loves his games. We’ve already seen his typewriter Zork and Game of Life monome. His latest project is nothing less than a mechanical Pac Man game. Still a work in progress, the plaque above seems to be a study of sorts. See Jonathan’s site for his build notes.
How-To: Heart-Shaped Garden Patch
Elka at CasaSugar shows you how to add a little love around the outside of your home by adding a heart-shaped garden patch. She picked up the heart-shaped frame at the flea market and was immediately inspired. Elka writes: I used Isotoma, or Blue Star Creeper, for the ground cover in the heart, and in […]
