Tips of the Week: Measuring Tape Mods, Mold Making, Vinyl Testing
A few of the top tips we’ve come across this week.
Workshop
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the industrial arts from metal and woodworking to CNC machining and 3D printing.
6 Ways to Repair Broken Plastic
Don’t throw away that broken plastic, fix it!
5 Indispensable Shop Tools You Can Make Yourself
Some excellent space-saving and work-enhancing tools that can be inexpensively homemade.
Tips of the Week: Cheating a Wrench, Fire-Cleaning Tools, and More
A weekly roundup of some of the best shop tips we’ve seen online.
See Woodcut Topography Come to Life with the Turn of a Crank
It starts out flat, but when you turn the crank something amazing happens.
Blacksmithing Essentials for the Beginner
Learn the basic concepts of blacksmithing.
The “No Lathe” Pen Challenge Makes You Think Creatively
get creative to make a “no lathe” penand you could win a lathe