Workshop

The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the industrial arts from metal and woodworking to CNC machining and 3D printing.

Hacking a Cello to Fit in a Backpack

Christoph Klemke, the cellist of Feline&Strange, has to travel by plane a lot, so he designed a cello that can fold into a small bag.

This week, street artists paint over hate speech, Kirby is birthed from cardboard, Hacker House builds an automated gardener, and more.

Another fun and hopefully useful collection of tips we’ve run across this week.

Sudhu Tewari’s Prepared Player Piano Pinball System is one of his wackier inventions. It is an orchestra of sound and light.

These four projects showcase how, together, makers can build bigger, more creative, and more challenging projects than if they were solo.

Sci-tech experimenter, Ben Krasnow, is surprised at how well his super-cheap, homebrewed waterjet cutter turned out.