The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the industrial arts from metal and woodworking to CNC machining and 3D printing.
If you can’t find a reasonably-priced LED replacement for that burned-out appliance bulb, you might do what Andy Brockhurst did: Wire up an LED cluster, yourself, and embed it in resin cast into a mold taken from the original bulb. Looks like he even painted it to match. Check out the Flickr set.
MAKE contributor James Floyd Kelly wrote in with a tip on a cool resource: Found some GREAT information on Bolt Depot’s homepage, including this printable poster that displays all the different bolts and nuts and connectors along with their official names. Click on the Fastener Tab at the top of the website and there are […]
This Instructable illustrates the fascinating process behind building a monster custom play slide.
Sean @ Make: Online writes: Luke Jerram, familiar for his earlier works Glass Microbiology and Portrait-Projecting Ring, has now produced Talking Ring, which is essentially a silver Edison cylinder, cut and played back using custom equipment, recording a 20-second message of affection for his partner Shelina.
CRAFT Video viewer Chris writes in: For sometime since I saw the Firefox symbol you made from Sterling silver, Ive always wanted to make my own. For the holiday I made a co-worker of mine the “Pig” (or Boar) Chinese symbol, which was a first for me. Her symbol was a tad hard and it […]
Turn a junky old flea market find into a shiny new toolbox.
Johngineer writes: My mother collects rocking horses. She tries to get at least one each year for Christmas. This year, she couldn’t find anything she liked in the stores, so I made her one out of brass stock I had lying around. I did a little CAD drawing to help myself visualize what it would […]
