Jeff Duntemann’s Shop Tips
Some great shop storage tips from a busy maker.
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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.
Book Review and Giveaway: Martha Stewart’s Encyclopedia of Crafts
My new favorite book of the moment is Martha Stewart’s Encyclopedia of Crafts: An A to Z Guide with Detailed Instructions and Endless Inspiration which debuts in bookstores tomorrow, March 31st. Not only is this book a concise craft compendium, it’s eye candy and inspiration. Just flipping through the colorful pages makes me giddy with […]
Bazaar: Spinster Yarn & Fiber in Baltimore, MD
Bazaar: A Review on Spinster Yarn & Fiber in Baltimore, MD By Moxie When you’re as fiber-obsessed as I am, you seek out all opportunities to expand your pallet and deplete your bank account. While visiting in-laws in the Baltimore area, crafty research directed me to Spinster Yarns & Fibers. Living in the historical Lauraville […]
The MicRo CNC from Lumenlab
MAKE contributor Steve Lodefink has a new toy, the MicRo CNC robot kit, from Lumenlab: The micRo is a 3-axis CNC robot being offered by Lumenlab, the same folks who made DIY video projection accessible to the world. Grayson Sigler, the Brainchild behind Lumenlab (brainchild is also his handle on the inter-tubes) describes micRo as […]
Victoria Altepeter’s Metalwork Show
A fellow graduate student at Arizona State, Victoria Altepeter, is having her MFA show right now in Tempe, AZ. She makes amazing celestially-influenced works in metals, and her show just blew my mind. It’s up all week in the Harry Wood Gallery, but if you’re not local you can enjoy it through my Flickr set […]
Soundwave Bracelets
This is such a cool idea! It’s a custom bracelet of a soundwave rendered in 3D. The bracelet is “designed” by the waveform of the message it encodes. The bracelets were originally part of the Sound Advice Project, a teen anti-drug abuse initiative, geared at getting parents to talk to their kids. The idea is […]
Book Review: Switch Craft by Alison Lewis with Fang-Yu Lin
Switch Craft: Battery-Powered Crafts to Make and Sew by Alison Lewis with Fang-Yu Lin Book Site I’m so excited about Alison Lewis’ new book, Switch Craft: Battery-Powered Crafts to Make and Sew. Alison of Switch merges technology into fashion, home, and product design with 20 step-by-step projects. Each project in the book is easy to […]