DiResta: Vacuum Formed Mask
Vacuum forming is the perfect technique to make repetitive objects—like a Halloween mask!
Workshop
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the industrial arts from metal and woodworking to CNC machining and 3D printing.
Yasuaki Onishi’s Hot Glue Art
Yasuaki Onishi is an artist whose medium of choice is the hot glue gun.
Father/Son Sugar Rocket Madness
Earlier this month we followed William Gurstelle’s instructions to build the Homemade Sugar Rockets featured in MAKE Volume 35 (The Danger Issue). We failed, learned, failed some more, learned some more, and through persistence had great success and improved the recipe to our liking, and hopefully to yours, too. I hope the following notes on the process will help you with this fast, easy, and super-fun project.
Tutorial: Laser Cutting Techniques and Projects
Ideas for designing projects that exploit the strengths (and avoid the weaknesses) of laser cutters.
Here are three projects, each of which demonstrates techniques and systems I’ve developed specifically for this form of digital fabrication.
Review: Pelican 35QT Elite Cooler
If you need a cooler that takes a lickin’ and keeps on tickin’, this is the cooler for you.
Review: Weller Red Standard Duty 25W Soldering Iron
A go-to outdoor and “rough duty” soldering iron.
Review: BriskHeat Plastic Bending Strip Heater Element
A quality heating unit for your homebrew plastic bender.