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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.

One-Sheet Plywood Staircase

One-Sheet Plywood Staircase

I’ve always enjoyed the mental exercise of planning a piece of plywood furniture to maximize efficient use of the material in the sheet stock, so I tend to appreciate good ones when they pop up, every now and again. Here’s a nice example, a 32-inch-tall staircase, with four one-foot steps, from Instructables user Pilgrim55.

Make: Projects – Router Trammel

Make: Projects – Router Trammel

This attachment mounts in place of your router’s factory baseplate and is used for cutting circular disks from, or boring circular holes in, sheet stock. It pivots about a small pin rotating in a blind hole drilled in the center of the stock to be cut. This one is based on a design from Bill Hylton’s excellent book “Router Magic.”

Coat Hanger Chair

I’ve noticed that furniture designers are obsessed with chairs, especially ones made out of atypical materials. Maybe it’s the human scale or the infinite sitting possibilities, but I can see the strange allure of myriad chairs, all made from other human-scale objects.

Skeletal Hands Belt

I love the this macabre “Skeletor” belt by designer Delfina Delettrez. Its wide leather band is adorned with two impressively cast silver skeleton hands, and the couture belt has the price tag to prove it. I’m sure the look could be done on the DIY, so what a neat look to think about for this […]