Day: December 12, 2011

Machining a Titanium Engagement Ring

I am descended from 5,000 generations of tool-using primates. Also, I went to college and stuff. I am a long-time contributor to MAKE magazine and makezine.com. My work has also appeared in ReadyMade, c't – Magazin für Computertechnik, and The Wall Street Journal.

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Cool story from the MAKE Flickr pool: Alex French designed and carefully machined a torsion-set engagement ring to propose to his longtime sweetheart, Colleen. He studied up, tooled up with a Sherline 4000A hobby lathe/mill/drill press combo, then turned, bored, and milled the ring before setting the stone, himself, all while working secretly in a spare bedroom in their shared home.

How-To: Stumpwork Hydrangeas

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French Knots are one of my very favorite embroidery stitches, especially when they are used in high concentration. Di van Niekerk shares a nice tutorial for making 3D french knot hydrangeas to add extra depth and texture to your embroidery. [via Pin Tangle]

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