How-To: Knit Garter Gaiter
If you need a quick and cozy gift idea, this garter stitch gaiter is the perfect last-minute knitting project!
Month: December 2012
How-To: Christmas Party Penguins
Blogger Emily Bloss shared her Christmassy take on the classic cream cheese penguin with these great Christmas party penguins.
3D-Printed Triple Gear
Henry Segerman designed this triple gear construct and printed it at Shapeways.
Showtime Prep at Survival Research Laboratories
Famed machine artists Survival Research Laboratories are staging a show this weekend in Los Angeles. Pictures of the Hovercraft, Mr. Satan on the Dule Mules, the Running Machine, and other SRL machines as they are being worked on and prepped for transport.
Powder Coating Aluminum without an Air Compressor – How to Tips & Tricks
A how-to video on powdercoating in the home shop without an air compressor!
This Craftsman Powder Coat gun is less than $40 and is the perfect solutions!
Links:
Article on Outgassing: http://www.powdercc.com/images/pdf/How%20to%20eliminate%20outgassing,%20the%20powder%20coating%20faux%20pas.pdf
UPDATE: Thanks for user Krap101, these are still available “new” – see http://www.amazon.com/Craftsman-Complete-Portable-Powder-Coating/dp/B004YEAYCW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1347892130
Tool Review: Great Innovations Ultimate Engineering Screw Chart
The slide rule may be a quaint anachronism in this age of ubiquitous computing, but there’s still a place for the slide chart, the volvelle, the nomogram, and other hand-held “paper computers.” These are still published by a few companies, and are a handy source of on-the-spot reference data, particularly in field or workshop environments that may be inhospitable to or inconvenient for electronic devices. Slide charts containing key screw, bolt, and nut data have been around for decades, and the folks at Great Innovations identify TAD’s Universal Reference Calculator, discontinued in the mid 1990s, as inspiration for their chart.
R/C Watermelon Boat
This R/C watermelon boat would work better rigged up as trimaran, seeing as it “met with an untimely death after tipping over.” But melon seaworthiness aside, this build would be fun on a warm summer day.