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!
My name is Toshi Sakaguchi and I am co-founder of PLUST a design firm based in Providence, Rhode Island. Co-founder Lukas Scheurer is my best friend and my business partner. We both have had the privilege of studying Industrial Design at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). While at school, Lukas and I […]
In case you didnโt see it last week, Make: magazine announced we are workingย with 2K to build real-world versions of some sci-fi guns for their upcoming game, โEvolveโ. Prop builder extraordinaire, Shawn Thorsson, walks us through the first weapon heโs creating, The Medicโs “Lazarus Device”: The Medic Here is the medic class, explained by Evolveโs […]
Just 3 months after raising $10 million dollars from Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh’s VegasTechFund, Factorli, a small-run factory project, has been abruptly closed, and CEO Jen McCabe fired. The announcement was posted on the Factorli site yesterday: As of last week, Jen McCabe is no longer CEO of Factorli. As a part of this change […]
It all started with a phone call from a buddy over at 2K:ย โDo you know of anyone who can build four real-world props from an upcoming sci-fi videogame?โ I quickly replied, โAre you talking about Evolve?โ Before he could even finish saying โyesโ I was already talking about how we could do it here […]
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Pat Konkle, a retired machinist from Colorado, created a set of mechanical displays that demonstrate a variety of working gears. It’s an amazing piece of work. Mike Neden of Pittsburg State’s Kansas Technology Center came upon these displays on a trip and with help from Pitsco Education turned them into freestanding exhibits. Mike said that […]
