More Workshop Organization Ideas
Some clever recycled storage ideas.
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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.
Featured Maker: Ricky Wolbrom
Ricky Wolbrom of New York City is edmdesigns. She creates one-off and limited-edition jewelry items in the steampunk vein. Shown uppermost is her Steampunk Ring with Turquoise Crystal, which was featured in the February 9 issue of Auxiliary magazine. Butterfly. Watch parts, cast silver wings. Steampunk Cuff. Leather, feathers, copper mesh, watch parts, faucet handle. […]
The world’s tiniest workshop?
Instructables user steliart of Nicosia, Cyprus built this incredible 5’x5′ workshop in a storage room off his parking space. In order to make every tool fit, he designed a storage system in Sketchup. When he wants to work, he pulls everything out and uses his parking space as an open-air workshop. [Thanks, Brian!]
16-plus terabyte small form factor PC
Will Urbina built a 16+ TB computer inside of a SFF case (the mobo is a Quanmax Industrial KEEX-2030 Atom 3.5″). I found the two-part video both fascinating and a tad over-long. I do love watching fabrication vids like this, especially when it involves tools and processes with which I’m unfamiliar. This was a sponsored […]
Dust hood-to-lathe adaptation
Gary is a friend of a friend of mine. He is a master of building high-quality solutions to problems in his shop. Just watch how he adapts a dust hood to his lathe. The notched stick he crafts for adjusting the hood angle is a thing of beauty.
Desktop AS Whiteboard
Over at Curious Inventor (Atlanta, GA), they were inspired by the whiteboard benchtops at the Freeside Atlanta hackerspace. For $12, they got a 8×4 foot piece of panel board from a home store and turned it into a desktop they can write on.
Weekend Project: The UnaBox
Make a wooden box that can only be opened if you know the secret. Get the PDF and plans for this project here: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/01/weekend_project_unabox_pdf.html More great projects at www.makezine.com