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Pickle Grapes and Beets at Home
Quick and tasty, vinegar pickling is great for preserving a surprising variety of fruits and veggies.

Make an At-A-Glance Tie Rack
A easy to make, useful, cool-looking tie rack for those of us with the more than average amount of ties

Make Your Own Injection Molding Machine
Build your own injection molding machine and cast the plastic parts you need.

Build This Inexpensive Linear Actuator from a Glue Stick
A linear actuator is a mechanism that pulls or pushes a load along a straight line.

Build Your Own Retro 80’s Musical Toy
Perhaps the most iconic 80's music toy was the Magical Musical Thing from Mattel. The TV commercial featured a kid playing melodies with one finger on the toy’s keypad strip — and finishing by playing it with his head! Now you can make your own custom version!

Build Your Own Face-Recognition System with Intel Edison
Computer vision is a processor-demanding task, but thanks to a dual-core Atom processor, the Intel Edison handles it with ease.

How I Made a Carbon Fiber Acoustic Guitar
Carbon fiber isn't going to replace wood body guitars anytime soon, but for those who want something different here’s how I made the body for my carbon fiber acoustic guitar.

Sensor-Triggered Toy Race Car Timer
[youtube:http://youtu.be/EXlDcKeUq14] Racing toy cars, like Pinewood Derby or CO2 dragsters, is a lot of fun.

Simple Silk-Screen Printing Using a Vinyl Cutter
Use adhesive “sign vinyl” for silk-screen printing without the aid of chemicals or a darkroom. It's easy!

Test Coin Cell Batteries with DIY LED Tweezers
I’ve always been interested in electronics, but when I started publishing projects professionally, I got interested in photography, too.

Skill Builder: Quick Tips for Using Vacuum Gauges
When you’re working with projects involving vacuum pumps, a vacuum gauge will show you the pressure in the chamber being evacuated.

Skill Builder: 4 Wire Strippers You Should be Using
The value of a good pair of wire strippers is often overlooked until they’ve disappeared from your toolbox.