See the Amazingly Detailed Build of this Pint-Sized Barrel
Robbie the Woodworker shows you how to make a cooper barrel. He also teaches you which unmechanized tool would be used to complete the task.
Refashion Colorful Denim into a Gorgeous Upcycled Jeans Quilt
If you’ve got colorful old or outgrown denim taking up room in your closet—or access to a good thrift store or flea market—you can turn that unused fabric yardage into a durable one-of-a-kind blanket that your whole family will want to use! If you love your Levi’s, you’ll definitely want to add this gorgeous upcycled […]
Installing a Fiber Optic Starfield Ceiling
For my wife and I, a dream of ours has always been to have a home theater to watch movies with our family. This past winter we’ve finally been able to make it a reality. We had our basement finished and in doing so, I planned a good sized room to be our home theater. […]
Build a Steampunk Sonic Screwdriver
In the British Sci-fi series Doctor Who, the time traveling Doctor often uses his sonic screwdriver to rescue his companions and save the day. Now you can build your own version that lights up and emits actual sonic vibrations from a high revolution motor cut out of a dollar store sonic toothbrush. This is a […]
Make a Laptop Stand Using Basic Joinery
I have found that my forearms and hands ache while I’m using my laptop. I have been stacking up pieces of foam on my desk and then placing my laptop atop the stack in order to reach an ergonomic height. This is a perfect temporary solution, and though it isn’t something you are going to want to […]
Build a Rotating Feeder for Perfect Bird Pictures
Birds make lousy subjects for digital photographs. But you can perfect shot, thanks to a long shutter-release cable and a gadget that typically controls model vehicles: an R/C radio.
Automating a Filament Colorizer to a 3D Printer
During my second week as an artist in residence at the Maker Media Lab, I decided to explore designing and creating a filament colorizer.