Ten Tips for Hammering Nails
Hammering nails is an ancient and tricky skill. Here are some tips to help you out when hammering them home.
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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.
CNCed Dark Side of the Moon
Minneapolis ShopBot maestro Greg Flanagan made this 42″ CNCed representation of the moon, specifically a shot of the moon’s dark side. Greg used NASA’s GLD-100 lunar topographical map as a starting point, and the final piece is a gift to his wife Marie on their 5th anniversary.
Beautiful Clockwork Woodcraft Projects
German maker Christopher Blasius sent us the link to his wonderful projects that use some easy-to-build mechanisms to run whimsical clockwork toys.
Maker Shed has Arrived at Maker Faire Kansas City!
MAKE kits, books, wearables, as well as Printerbot and Ultimaker 3D printers, and RaspberryPi, Arduino and BeagleBone boards all for sale this weekend at Maker Faire Kansas City 2013.
Hammerspace, One Year Later
Progress and improvements at Kansas City’s main makerspace, as seen last night at their pre-Maker Faire KC open house.
The Makers of Things
There’s something about Britain, it’s the land of God’s own hobbyists. The Makers of Things is a short film collection by Anne Hollowday documenting the work and workshops of the Society for Model and Experimental Engineers. While today we hackerspaces, makerspaces and fab labs, back in the 1800’s they had the learned society.
Handibots are Going Fast
ShopBot launched a Kickstarter campaign for its much anticipated Handibot and pre-orders for the mini CNC devices are moving fast. The company sold the 10, $1,995 early bird specials within the first hours of its campaign. As of this writing ShopBot had raised $25,000 of its $125,000 campaign.