Workshop

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

Hand-Cutting and Fire-Hardening Steel Files Using Ancient Techniques

Making a set of files just like the ancients, from mild, case-hardened steel.

This week’s top tips on using a nail gun, organizing your supplies, staying inspired, sewing machine troubleshooting, and more.

Vintage tech offers great opportunities to go back to the basics of teaching innovation and invention through project-based learning.

Give the gift of mechanical persuasion to a friend with a homemade shop mallet.

MakeItGo is a collaborative game that brings different makerspaces together to create an iterative project.

Organizing and carrying your tools and materials, drawing quick curves, and bit sharpening.

Makers explore and experiment; they create and innovate. Many projects come from a personal interest or passion, but become something else.