Mobile Woodshop
Ron Paulk‘s mobile woodshop fits inside a 1,000 cubic foot truck and packs every major power tool with a number of rather clever storage solutions. Even better, Ron has created sketchup plans so you could build your own! [via core77]
Workshop
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the industrial arts from metal and woodworking to CNC machining and 3D printing.
Tiny House Summer Camp
20 DIY’ers from around the United States gathered at Derek Diedricksen’s off-the-grid camp in Vermon’t’s North East Kingdom for a weekend workshop on tiny house building.
3D Printed Knife Sharpener
Pop Ben Chapman’s 3D printed knife sharpener onto the bottom of a standard coffee mug to use the unglazed portion of the vessel to hone a blade.
DiResta: Locust Wood Bench
In each episode of DiResta, artist and master builder Jimmy DiResta (Dirty Money, Hammered, Against the Grain, Trash for Cash) will let us into his workshop, to look over his shoulder while he builds whatever strikes his fancy. In this episode, Jimmy finds a slab of locust wood at a flea market and has a […]
Jimmy DiResta Joins MAKE Video
We’re thrilled to announce that Jimmy DiResta has joined the MAKE family. You may know Jimmy as the co-star of the Discovery Channel’s Dirty Money, or from DIY Network’s Against the Grain, HGTV’s Hammered, and Fox’s Trash to Cash. Jimmy is an artist, designer, and master builder. His new MAKE video series, called simply DiResta, […]
Top 10: Marvelous Metals
As promised, here’s a tasting menu featuring some of my favorite metallurgical content from our archives arranged, as usual, in mysteriously-appealing (and entirely arbitrary) top-ten format. Narrowing it down to just ten involved some hard choices; this subject is rich, and we’ve covered it a lot. A second round-up, perhaps at the close of the month, may be in order. In the meantime, I’ve got a lot of cool stuff on my to-blog list, and it’s growing fast as your suggestions roll in.
Tool Review: Shapeoko CNC Mill Kit
MAKE reader Michael Newman reviews the Shapeoko CNC Mill Kit.