Clever Cable Tie Organizer Made from PVC Pipe
Submitted by Morten Nisker to the MAKE Flickr pool, here’s a clever way of organizing your twist ties (and perhaps other tools and supplies) using PVC pipe.
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Junction Box Stash Spot – Tiny Yellow House
Derek “Deek” Diedricksen is back again with a new episode of Tiny Yellow House, all about building your own secret stash box from a (non-live) electrical junction box. This is a fun way to hide your cash and valuables, and costs only about $10 to build. Subscribe to the MAKE Podcast in iTunes, download the […]
Meet the Makers: Satya Kraus
Learn how Satya Kraus felt when he saw a motorcycle for the first time in his life. Since that moment, he has been obsessed, and turned that obsession into Kraus Motor Co. He hand-builds the most incredible machines from scratch in his workshop under the redwoods.
Experience Satya’s remarkable bikes at Maker Faire Bay Area, May 21 & 22, 2011.
Meet The Makers: Sung Kim
Sung Kim’s father gave him his first skil saw when he was just seven years old. His mother provided him with modeling clay as a safer alternative not long after that. Sung’s grandfather-in-law, ship builder Dean Stevens, left him a coveted collection of hand tools decades later. These influences shaped his abilities as a woodworker, but his desire to create sound formed him into a Maker.
Sung Kim, his collection of instruments, and a very ambitious secret project will be at Maker Faire Bay Area, May 21 & 22. There you can hear Sung perform and bask in the intricate structures of his Sympathetic Cannon, The Si-Tarzan, and the Ox.
Pallet Chair – Tiny Yellow House
In this episode of Tiny Yellow House for MAKE, host Derek “Deek” Diedricksen shows us one of his salvage uses for freebie pallet wood— an ultra-simple deck chair that cost him 89 cents (screws/nails) to build.
Fold-Down Fort – Tiny Yellow House
Derek “Deek” Diedricksen shows how to make a fold-down fort. Check out Deek’s book, Humble Homes Simple Shacks, at relaxshacks.com
Marble-Shooting Wooden Crossbow Punches Through Plywood
Just another little bit of sweetness from Matthias Wandel, whose fantastic “woodworking for engineers” site, woodgears.ca, we have, to date, linked to more than a dozen times. See below.