Casting Your Own 3D Printed Parts
Need a part in hurry or a custom-sized part you can’t get elsewhere? Try 3D printing and casting it yourself.
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The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the industrial arts from metal and woodworking to CNC machining and 3D printing.
Lathe-Turned Cryptex Keeps Your Secrets Safe
Watch Carl Jacobson make a five letter solid maple cryptex on his lathe. This piece is functional and can be made to open with any code.
Homemade X-Ray Inspector Reveals PCB Secrets
Hardware hacker John McMaster built his own x-ray machine in order to get a closer look at the details of printed circuit boards.
Wobblebots Walk Without Motors or Electronics
Wobblebots are simple robots that can walk down an incline using only potential energy.
3D Printable Robotic Telescope You Can Build
When I was a teen, I did an astronomy (and archeology) summer camp one year. As part of it, we got to spend some nights operating the telescope in the teacher’s backyard observatory. He had turned a Sears metal garden shed into an impressive little observatory, complete with a motorized roof that opened to raise […]
You Don’t Have to Like Dolls to Enjoy This Kokeshi Doll-Making Video
Yasuo Okazaki is an amazing woodworker that makes naruko kokeshi dolls, which he hypnotizingly shapes and paints while they spin on a lathe.
Build an Easy and Cheap Tabletop Spray Booth
I’ve recently been getting back into tabletop gaming and as part of that have been thinking about finally learning how to airbrush. I’ve also been trying to upgrade my whole gaming and modeling areas to make it easier for me to assemble and paint miniatures and play games. In the past, I’ve never had a […]