5 Knots Every Maker Should Know
Essential knots you should know and how and when to use them.
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How-To: Nautical Knot Bracelets
Create your own colorful maritime-inspired accessories with this beginner-friendly tutorial for making nautical knot bracelets!
Tying the (Turk’s Head) Knot — How I Made an Engagement Ring
My tools: a pool cue, pliers, and some T-pins. My goal: a one-of-a-kind engagement ring.
How-To: Full Tang Cord Handle Wrap
There are lots of great Paracord projects over on Instructables, and we’ve featured quite a few of them here before (see below), but this one from Harlan Whitman caught my eye, both because of the great job Harlan does presenting the technique, and because of the great-looking results he gets on this camp axe, which he made himself.
The Knot Zoo
Old but very interesting resource from Canadian Robert Scharein, programmer of the software package KnotPlot. The knots are organized by the number of crossings, and can be clicked on to display rotatable 3D models. [via Maxwell’s Demon]
How-To: Quick ropecraft laptop shoulder sling
It’s probably not much good against the rain, but this handy bit of urban fieldcraft from YouTuber sumitsumit would be hard to beat for showing off your DIY-fu at the local hackerspace, coffeeshop, or school. Pretty much guaranteed to impress that attractive gentleman or lady in your engineering class. It takes about 20′ of rope, includes an adjustable shoulder-strap, and–I suspect–could probably be tied or untied in ten seconds or less with practice. I don’t want to spoil sumitsumit’s reveal, so I didn’t include a screen-cap, but you can scan forward to 4:20 to see the finished product. [via Boing Boing]
How-To: Make a Knotted Seashell Necklace
One of my dearest friends, Nik Schulz, is a creative illustrator. This weekend he brought me a valentine that is exactly what I wanted: a DIY project to share with you! Nik lived for half a year on St. Agnes, a tiny island in the Isles of Scilly. And while he was there, he sailed, […]
