How-To: Hanging Copper Pipe Clothes Rack
If you’re low on closet space and visible clothes racks are a must, why not make them an eye-catching part of your decor? Check out this neat hanging copper pipe clothes rack tutorial!
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Copper + Concrete Lamp
This copper and concrete lamp by Morgan of Panda Head blog is giving us some seriously sweet industrial vibes.
Solid Copper Rescue Tool
After mulling it over for several hours, crunching the numbers, and running an exhaustive cost-benefit analysis, I am forced to conclude that the amount of serious demolition, vehicle extraction, and/or fire-fighting work I perform under explosive-atmosphere conditions, in an average workday, does not justify the expense of this gorgeous hand axe, made of non-sparking beryllium copper alloy, from NGK Berylco of Sweetwater, Tennessee. But, damn, I tried.
Do It Proper with Copper
I love all of the instructional videos that are now available online. At this point, there are probably very few trades where you couldn’t get a decent starter education in the subject just by studying videos (and other materials) at trade association websites, online trade mags, and YouTube channels. The Copper Development Association is producing […]
Sci-fi-chic eyeshades use ancient design
From the MAKE Flickr pool Behold Igaaks’ CNC plasma torch-cut sunglasses, as demoed at a recent TechShop Durham monthly meeting – Material is copper, bent by hand, then heat treated, then coated with acrylic. […] The only thing it might need is some kind of padding for the nose, and after talking with folks at […]
Removing Firescale/Patina from Copper
Knowing I’ve been working on sprucing up my backyard, our managing editor Shawn Connally kindly gave me her old copper fire pit. Sweet! She also shared with me some great cleaning knowledge she had gleaned from Michael DeJong’s awesome book Clean: The Humble Art of Zen-Cleansing. Turns out that to remove rust patina or firescale […]
Pipe bench organizers
In response to my tool tips posts a few days ago, Chris Steiner sent in these pics and info on the organizing bins and tool holders he built from copper pipe and some mounting hardware. I can’t stop thinking about ways to use the vast amount of copper pipe scrap that I have lying around. […]
