V8 coffee table
Anders writes- “Here are some photos of the table I just built for my living room. It’s based on a Rover 3.5l V8 aluminum engine block, with a stand made of mahogany.” – Link. Great work!
Craft & Design
From traditional crafts to modern crafts, we’re covering news and interesting projects to educate you and keep you inspired. Design trends and pop culture related projects are here to inspire.
Knit Capelet Pattern
Julsey723 on craftster.org has a cute knit capelet pattern she wrote. It looks like a fun quick project. Link.
Tetris Tote Bag
Phil from MAKE says, “This might be a good bag to re-make/make while you’re learning how to sew, or just something to make an old freebie tote bag more interesting…” [via] – Link.
Adjustable macro camera stand
Figures! FrankG already made an adjustable macro camera stand, he writes – “I thought I’d forward this link to a digital magnifier that I built a couple of years ago to help me inspect & solder circuit boards…” – Link.
Aqua Teen Hunger Force LED art
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Vanderlin found an Aqua Teen Hunger Force LED art project, under a bridge… – Link.
Supercharged – homemade charger box
Lisa writes in with one way to solve a lot of cord clutter – “I made my own charging center for all my electronic gadgets (phone, PDA, iPod, Nintendo DS, etc.)–it’s a box with a power strip inside, and holes for the ends of the various proprietary cords to poke out. It’s really nice-looking, too […]
PanoramaScanCam update
Remember that “PanoramaScanCam” Mac was working on, you know… a 360-degree panoramic scanning camera made from an old scanner? Here’s an update for the curious– “Work on the PanoramaScanCam is progressing nicely. The scanner case has been modified and the new belt drive has been installed along with the camera cylinder. The camera cylinder rotates […]