The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the industrial arts from metal and woodworking to CNC machining and 3D printing.
McPhystal writes in about turning a chalk board into a dry erase board… – I’m a teacher and have been trying to convert old classroom chalk boards to dry-erase. I’ve tried epoxy spray paint, Krylon, and many other types of paint. I found that the best thing to do is to use oil-based/HIGH GLOSS paint […]
Ten useful knots you need to know.
The Crafter Culture Handbook by Amy Spencer Book Site – Link. Amazon – Link. For all you multiple crafts lovers, you’ll go ga-ga over this new book The Crafter Culture Handbook by Amy Spencer. The book is chock full of projects from a wide range of craft topics such as needlearts, electronic crafts, homemade beauty, […]
Web 2.0 has entered the crafts world with this great site, Scrapblog. You can create some beautiful looking photo albums that incorporate photos and video straight from your Flickr account or You Tube!! That’s right, there’s no need to upload anything new to this site. You can design your own pages through their web interface […]
Crochet to Go: 25 Chic and Simple Patterns by Alicia Bergin Book Page – Link. Amazon – Link. Crochet to Go Blog – Link. Crochet to Go by Alicia Bergin (published by Chronicle Books) is a new crochet book that’s printed like a card deck. It comes in a box with 25 fold out pattern […]
You Can Draw Star Wars by Bonnie Burton Book Page – Link. Bonnie Burton’s Web Site – Link. As a kid I was always taught the importance of picking up a pencil to draw. You Can Draw Star Wars by Bonnie Burton is a new book that’s refreshed my memory about the art of drawing […]
Marty writes – I just reviewed a forgotten book from 1990 called “Handmade Helps for Disabled Living”. The author has a Maker’s spirit – the book is chock-full of well-designed and beautifully-sketched plans for everyday adaptive aids. It’s great reading for Makers even if they don’t happen to be disabled. Handmade Helps for Disabled Living […]
