The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the manufacture of metal, wood, plastic, ceramic and composites. We talk about machining, using a lathe to machine metals like steel, brass, and aluminium. We make chips fly!
Using a CNC router, vinyl cutter, laser cutter, strip heater, and $200 in materials from Home Depot, Boston area inventor and builder Christian Reed constructed an awesomely detailed table-top stadium to hold the provisions for Sunday’s festivities. I got this idea for this project from a good friend of mine. The idea was to […]
Have you ever seen a honeycomb shelving unit and though it looked nice? Perhaps you’ve even thought about building one. If so, this imgur tutorial, also seen on the “Honey Do This” site, shows you how to put one together. If that wasn’t enough, there’s even a bit of colorful commentary, addressing some likely excuses […]
We know that all of you people that have laser cutters, plotters, vinyl cutters, CNC mills, and 3D printers will be creating many many snowflakes this year. Why not make every one of them unique? Inventables has a web based tool for creating unique and interesting snowflakes hosted on their website that allows you to […]
TabLeft’s Cyclone Dust Separator utilizes a Thien baffle and shop vac to keep work areas free from debris.
It can be constructed using common items found in most workshops, including plywood and PVC pipe.
The DIY catapults and trebuchets are as varied in their design methods and materials as there are people in the hurling community.
The age old siege weapon is still being used today in skirmishes on the modern battlefield.
A clean, quiet, and seamless hardware/software experience makes this an addictive machine.
Imjur user designs a scaled down fully functional Dahlgren cannon.
The cannon fires steel ball bearings using 100-grains of black powder.
