This project covers cleaning and restoring an old handsaw – worth about $5 at a yard sale – and turning it into a useful tool again.
Use a simple mortise-and-tenon joint to make these fine looking shop horses that you will use every day and will last a lifetime.
Agitating wool in water causes the fibers to bind onto each other and shrink.
Wash a wool sweater in the washing machine and you’ll see it shrink to child-sized.
Change the casing of an old Pong console into something a little sturdier, like concrete!
This fun and easy project shows you how to create a simple input device with little more than a cheap piezo sensor, an old mousepad, and an Arduino board.
This project was created by Ichiamsa Yagi, who is a professor of the Iwate University Department of Education in Japan.
I am the owner of the Open Source Gallery, an alternative art space in the South Slope district of Brooklyn, NY.
This guide will teach you the basic design aspects you’ll need to consider in order to make yourself a road-worthy gravity-powered vehicle.
I have been a casual container gardener for about 4 years and only recently discovered the magic of subirrigation.
Shown here is a simple method for A) removing a stay tab from a soda can with the rivet-ring intact, and B) attaching the tab to a wooden frame or board using the rivet ring.
This is a simple project that can be completed in an afternoon once you’ve scrounged up all the components.