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Jake Cress is a gifted cabinetmaker in Fincastle, Virginia. Besides traditional pieces in the Chippendale vein, he makes whimsical “animated furniture,” several pieces of which can be viewed on his site. But my personal favorite by far has to be “Oops,” the embarrassed claw-foot chair that has dropped its ball, and wants to sneak it […]
There’s so much amazing work coming out of the AFOL* community these days that it can be hard to single out any particular work as outstanding. Nonetheless, mad_a0’s mini-fig scale tank, with full interior detail, is, well… outstanding. Bravo! Via The Brothers Brick. *That’s “Adult Fans of LEGO” for you non-blockheads out there.
So you’ve just made a tallbike from two frames, and you have a great time riding it around your neighborhood, but what happens when you want to take it farther away than your pedals can bring you? Instructables user sprocketscientist made a tutorial for a tallbike that comes apart for easy travel. More tallbikes: 18 […]
Here’s a traditional wood-bending technique that seems ready-made for CNC millers, and yet I can’t find much online evidence that it’s being done. To make a kerf-bend, the wood is first corrugated on the inside of the intended radius. The width, depth, number, and spacing of the kerfs all affect the qualities of the finished […]
Here’s a clever use for recycling your cardboard coffee sleeve: turn it into an inexpensive way to give away garden seedlings or cuttings.
I have a life-long love affair with ice cream. As a kid, no matter how cold it was outside, I would want to eat ice cream. So understandably I am looking forward to trying this salted butter caramel ice cream recipe by Devid Lebovitz. I’m very into the savory + sweet combo these days. [ […]
Brad at MAKE: PDX writes: May ended up being a busier month than anticipated and ultimately disrupted our plans to hold contiguous monthly meetings. However, everything is back on track for an excellent meeting for the month of June! We have lined up a speaker from the active and inventive local electronics gurus, DorkbotPDX. They […]
