How to Safely Use a CNC
UK electronic and mechanical store RS Components created this handy guide to operating a CNC in a safe manner, with a focus on operating a CNC you built yourself. Click the image to see it full sized.
Workshop
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the industrial arts from metal and woodworking to CNC machining and 3D printing.
A “Make Tank” in Brooklyn
Brooklyn Research straddles itself between hackerspace, company, and co-working space.
DIY Hacks & How To’s: Secret Candlestick Switch
No feature in a home captures the imagination like a secret compartment or secret passage. But no secret compartment is complete without a secret way to open it. In this project, I share several ways that you can use a simple hanging candlestick (or anything else) to access a hidden compartment.
Embroidered Skateboard Deck
Designer and artist Martin Bunyi seamlessly brings together skateboarding and needlework with this striking embroidered skateboard deck.
Children Get into Carpentry with ToolKid
No longer content to sit on the sidelines, ToolKid lets children get into carpentry themselves.
Make: Inventions “The Airbag”
In this episode of Make: Inventions, Steve makes an airbag system that can detect a crash and deploy safely in 1/20th of a second.
How-To: Plexiglass Part Drawers
Using simple tools, it’s easy to make clean, sharp-looking plexiglass drawers in nearly any size.