The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the industrial arts from metal and woodworking to CNC machining and 3D printing.
Here’s another beautiful bit of wooden puzzle design and craftsmanship from Denver metagrobologist Kagen Schaefer. The locking mechanism was recently reverse-engineered by Instructables user dombeef, who has made a working paper version.
With this popular technique from Make: Projects, you can dye PVC pipe and extension cords any color you want.
For full instructions on how to do this yourself, check out: http://makeprojects.com/Project/Cable-Dyeing/750/1
The printable ball-and-socket unit that makes up this tentacle is really just a prototype in the early development of Thingiverse user Misguided’s not-so-misguided (if we may offer a bit of encouragement) project to develop a printable tentacle actuator. Everything about his description makes me happy, so I’ll just quote it entirely…
If you want to make a screw of wood, the first tool you would think of is a lathe. But you can also make a screw on a scroll saw. In fact, I was stunned to learn of a surprising technique for using a scroll saw to make nested screws from a single cylinder of wood. These four helices were cut by Steve Garrison, who was the first to think of this, as far as I know.
Spotted in the MAKE Flickr pool, this beautiful handmade watch from user gogglerman. A detailed tutorial has been posted on Instructables, as well, and it looks like it was all done without the use of machine tools.
This little guy is awesome. Look at him go! From Sandia National Labs…
In this side episode of “Tiny Yellow House”, I filmed a tour of “Sage’s Gypsy Wagon” (located in Boston, MA), a mobile dwelling that was handbuilt on a very modest budget by this city-side custom-guitar maker.
