Know Your Tool: Miter Saw
A miter saw, commonly known as a “chop saw,” is a tool that can easily and quickly cut a piece of wood or other material in two. Learn the basics of how to use one right here on Make:.
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Risa Fukui’s Massive Cut-Out Paper Portraits
Artist Risa Fukui produced a series of intricately cut large-scale portraits from paper, which are installed on translucent panels at at the Pola Museum Annex in Tokyo through September 8th.
Automated Grapefruit Slicer
Never risk a squirt of grapefruit juice in the eye again, thanks to Kevin Martin and Hyundo Reiner. The two created this automatic grapefruit slicer as a final project for their Designing with Microcontrollers class at Cornell University. Be sure to check out the incredibly detailed documentation for the project, complete with schematics, source code, and a thank you to their local supermarket for donating the grapefruit.
Thrift Store Paper Cutouts
I found these truly stunning pieces of cut paper at the thrift store this weekend for $.60 each! I can’t imagine how painstaking these must be to make. They scanned into very perfect pieces of art. I was thinking of using them to burn some screens for screenprinting, and then framing them.
DIY Channel cutting blade
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Ranjit needed a specific tool, so he made it – …a double-bladed knife for cutting channels in tape. (Thanks to the tape goddess for encouragement!) I’m gonna try to use it to make flexible circuit boards from copper tape. Construction method: jam two blades in one handle. (Use a […]
