We live in an amazing world, where anything you like can be procured from even the most obscure corner of the globe. The hardest people to shop for are those unique friends that you love the most. Don’t set any boundaries or limits when searching for their perfect handmade presents. Twin Lens Reflex Camera Build […]
The Pelican 1460 toolbox is gloriously heavy and bulky precisely because it’s built to stymie a tank. Pelican has made a name for itself by manufacturing nigh-indestructible instrumentation cases that are adored by everyone from roadies to electrical engineers. The military use them. People ship their MakerBot 3D printers in Pelican cases. So, it might […]
The Brick House posted this GIANT XL macrame wall. It is such a rad modern spin on the 70’s-style craft and would be a killer headboard or room divider. Where would you hang a piece like this?
What do you do when you want a CNC machine but don’t have the room or the funds for the massive professional equipment needed to cut custom parts? I found myself with this dilemma, so I chose to scale down my purchase and invest in a manual mill that I could eventually convert to a CNC.
Weekend Projects reader Martin writes in with this wonderful mod of the Add Volume, Jack project, using a store-bought 110V strobe with embedded thunder audio effect.
There are many different ways to build tilt switches, both in the factory and in the garage, but I like this idea from Instructables user fjordcarver to use unpainted metal craft beads (like those leftmost, above) like liquid mercury in a traditional mercury switch. His tutorial shows how to assemble two such vials to give an SPDT changeover tilt-switch.
Remember our post about shoe whiz John Fluevog calling on crafters to help fill his craft-spewing vending machine? Well one of our crafty readers, Jessee Maloney from Maryland, sent in samples of her work and was offered a slot (congrats Jessee!). If you happen to stop in a John Fluevog shop and see their vending […]
