MakerBot Wristwatch Enclosure
Open-source fabrication advocate and 2010 TED Fellow Dominic Muren just sent word of his latest project: an enclosure for a MakerBot Wristwatch called Makerwatch SSG.
Workshop
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the industrial arts from metal and woodworking to CNC machining and 3D printing.
Gingery-style homemade metal lathe builds
Throw a stone at any gathering of makers, and you’re likely to hit somebody who owns a set of DIY-savant Dave Gingery’s classic books on building your own machine shop by casting scrap aluminum, melted in a charcoal-powered bucket furnace, into sand molds formed by wooden patterns. I’ve owned a set myself, for more than a decade, and “at least starting on the lathe,” which is the first tool in the series, has been on my someday list since the first time I ever saw the books advertised in Lindsay Technical Books’ classic ad in Popular Science.
How-To: Make a rustic mallet
This Rustic Mallet video and step-by-step how-to over on Borganic.net is amazing.
Mister Jalopy’s Community Toolbox
Make a toolbox of loaner tools to share with family, friends, and members of your community.
Silver Skull Spoons
Sean @ Make: Online writes: It’s a portmanteau playground! “Skoons” is better than “spulls,” I think. They’re made from vintage silver by Tom Sale, aka Pinky Diablo, and are available in both tea- and table-skoon sizes. Of course, the numerous holes limit their utility as spoons; I wonder if the details could be embossed instead […]
Secret knock-detecting workshop door
David Glicksman of LA, California, wrote in to share his Secret knock-detecting workshop door: This is (what I think is) a great example of the kind of fun, inspiring projects that come out of communities like Make, BoingBoing, and the DIY nerd world in general. I combined Chris Schaie’s beautiful Mechanical Iris, Steve Hoefer’s Secret […]
Setting Up a Ham Radio Shack
Diana Eng runs through the basics of how to set up a traditional HF amateur radio station at home.