Tips of the Week: Crayon Finishes, Kitchen Hammers, Bathing Your Boards, and Great from Harbor Freight
Another week of useful, fun, and brain-tickling tips from the worlds of making.
Workshop
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the industrial arts from metal and woodworking to CNC machining and 3D printing.
How To: Make Your Own Track Saw
Save yourself some real money and make your own track saw jig.
13 Useful, Cheap Product Substitutions
Save yourself some money and time using these homemade substitutions for common arts, crafts, and maker supplies.
Tips of the Week: Pipe Fitting, Casting with Jello Molds, Diffusing LEDs, and DIY Dust Containment
Calculating pipe angles, making a simple dust containment box, improving your center punch, diffusing light, and more.
Jimmy DiResta Gets a Knife-Making Lesson
Learning basic knife-making from a pro.
Sharpening Blades the Scary-Sharp Way
Cris of Get Hands Dirty demonstrates how she sharpens her tools.
Weekend Watch: Gil Poznanski, the Kosher Tony Stark
An Aussie who, in-between projects, is linking the maker community together.