Tips of the Week: Hot-Gluing Strain Relief, Japanese Pull Saws, Covering Work Tables, and Designing Your Logo
Here is a sampling of some great tips we picked up in our online travels this week.
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Cool Crowdfunding: Robot Cats, Balloon Drones, and Every Day Calendars
This week’s coolest crowdfunding campaigns.
Sustainability, Open Source, and Social Good: Bilbao Makers Are Agents of Change
Europe is lit up with the flurry of Maker Faires sprinkled across it, each Faire both similar in some respects (for example, 3D printers are fairly ubiquitous) and also a unique reflection of the community it represents. Maker Faire Bilbao, one Spain’s two annual Faires (the other is Galicia), presents its sixth incarnation this weekend, […]
Making a Gorgeous Shop Mallet Out of Plastic Trash
If you have the patience, and a lathe, you can make one of these handsome, durable mallets out of recycled plastic.
Simple Cabochon “Follow Me” Eyes
Here’s a super easy and fast project: eyes that seem to follow you wherever you stand! Use these for your Halloween props, spell books, or practically anything. They make awesome refrigerator magnets.
Out of Sight: Documentary Follows Challenges and Triumphs of DIY Skatepark Building
Skateparks have become the little league fields of the 21st century, with one (or sometimes more) now in almost every community. But for those that haven’t found the municipal support or funding for their own yet, there are only a couple options — skate public sidewalks and ledges, or build your own spot. “Build your […]
Eye of Newt: Keep Watch With a Creepy, Compact, Animated Eyeball
For a charm of powerful trouble / Like a hell-broth boil and bubble!
