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Here’s another video of one of the many projects I’ve been messing with lately, its a legless bunk set-up called “The Krunk Bunk” that was one of two projects we took on in our Relax Shacks July Tiny Housing/Shelter/Building workshop in MA.
If I may wax pedantic for a moment, here’s a rather striking example of the remarkable creativity that can result from radically limiting one’s options. “What is the coolest thing I make using all the myriad resources available in the world?” may be a stultifying proposition, but picking something ready to hand (“What is the coolest thing I can make from just this pile of paperclips?”) is a more manageable and, in my opinion, often a more interesting and enjoyable process.
Anyone who’s been to a Maker Faire, or in the MAKE officers, has seen the ubiquitous Maker Bench, a simple, very beefy workbench that we put together, made with components from our friends at Simplified Building Concepts.
Ben Krasnow – of DIY electron microscope fame, among other impressive projects – has posted some useful notes on an unusual cutting process. Normally, of course, the recommended practice for cutting plate glass is scoring and breaking, but it can be cut using a more-or-less conventional milling setup provided you get the details right…
I have a bunch of those Reader’s Digest and Time-Life build, repair, maintain handyman books. Way before MAKE and before the internet became an on-demand learning source for just about anything (back when the alt.science.repair USENET FAQ was the best resource out there), these sorts of books were a godsend if you wanted to learn the basics on building a deck, tiling a bathroom, fixing your own appliances.
Although I believe this impressive, apparently working wooden rubber band gun and the page that presents it originate in Japan, I’m not having any luck with machine translations of the accompanying text. So unfortunately I have no other information. If you can identify the maker or other details, and can spare the time, I’d appreciate your comment, below.
Brett Levine has been fascinated by fire since he was a boy, coming close to setting his house on fire several times during his learning process. His latest creation, the DIY Flame Tree, is a freeform construction of copper tubing with gaseous vents that can be lit for visual effect. Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 participants were invited to created their own additions to the work and then stand behind the fence to watch the pyrotechnic results of their labors.
