If you’d like to try your hand at turning on a lathe, but don’t want to shell out for a machine, how about printing your own EZLathe? Paul writes:
So I’ve built a complete mini lathe system I’m calling the EZLathe… Fully 3D Printable except a small motor, and a couple pieces of cheap electronics. And able to do small wood turning jobs, or small pieces of pretty much anything.
Add a few stepper motors and a controller, and before you know it you’ve got a nifty little cnc lathe.
If you’re planning on toting your e-reader to the beach or other summer travels, you’ll want to make sure it’s well protected. It won’t hurt if it’s a bit stylish too, so check out this tutorial from Thimble for making a customized e-reader cover.
Late April is probably not the time of year to get interested in designing and making fleece hats, but that’s what has happened to me over the past day or so. The other night, I decided that the fleece hat I’ve worn for most of the winter is too tight, and resolved to make my own. Sewing is new to me, and I’m trying to build my skills with this ancient craft and learning how to use my recently acquired sewing machine. As I’m doing this and other projects, one of my goals is to develop classroom projects for my high school students. The slideshow above shows the photos documenting the process of creating one hat.
This week in the CRAFT Flickr pool, we saw:
This week in the MAKE Flickr pool we saw…
Jaxan of Sacramento, CA, built a N-scale model train into an Ikea “Liatorp” coffee table. [Via Ikea Hackers]
Yahaira of Bitter Purl shows you how to make continuous bias binding for quilts. She has lots of great photos that really help explain the process. Her final result was 7.5 yards of binding!
