Generate LED display fonts using a simple Python script
Adam Mayer of NYC Resistor is working on restoring a large LED sign, and needed a font to display messages on it.
Year: 2010
How-To: Make decorative “mosaic” pins for knife, tool handles
Pat Percival of NorthCoast Knives posted this simple phototutorial demonstrating how he makes decorative handle pins for his custom knives by nesting telescoping metal tubing of various sizes, shapes, and materials. These are known as “mosaic” pins among knifemakers, and although Pat only mentions it in passing, it is generally agreed that the voids in the design need to be filled with some kind of resin, which is often epoxy with coloring agents added to taste.
How To: New Journal from an Old Book
Transform a musty old tome into a cute and useful new blank book.
At long last – a top-down camera view!
Achieving good camera position for soldering and various tutorial shots has always been quite a challenge for me. I’ve tried Gorilla-Pods, table leaning tripods, and a few different DIY designs with varying amounts of success. Oddly, I never considered my own gooseneck/panavise hack as a possible solution – I suppose the weight of the camera […]
Upholstered Nailhead Trim Headboard
CasaSugar shows you how to recreate this stylish upholstered nailhead trim headboard using a luxurious green/gray German velvet fabric. All the supplies only cost her $63!
How To: Make a Chocolate Easter Bunny
I consider myself to be an ambitious baker, but even I never thought that the average home chef could create a classic molded chocolate rabbit. Luckily, Epicurious is featuring a very detailed step-by-step method that makes it seem easy! Chocolate molds are available everywhere these days, and the only ingredients required are cocoa butter and […]
Binder clips as cable organizers
Nederlander David Rudolf Bakker adds this particularly ingenious improvisation to the already-impressive repertoire of off-label uses for binder clips. [via Boing Boing]