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This Glass Art Isn’t Blown or Molded — It’s Turned on a Lathe

Nicole is a former Editorial Intern at Make: She is a long time maker and previously worked for Instructables.com (Penolopy Bulnick). Every day she is inspired by something new and wishes there was more hours in the day to make!

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February 11th, 2016February 11th, 2016

Jack Storms creates glass art pieces not through the traditional method of glass blowing or molding, but by turning it cold on a lathe!

Darbin Orvar: Three Ways To Make a Mallet

By Darbin Orvar

Darbin Orvar

Linn from the Darbin Orvar Youtube channel is originally from Sweden and has been making things all her life. She enjoys working in her shop on a variety of projects from electronics to woodworking, using hand tools and power tools.

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December 14th, 2015December 11th, 2015 1

Making your own wooden mallet can be a fun project that adds to your tool chest.

Watch a Master Create a Simple Survival Tool on a Lathe

By Chris from Clickspring

Chris from Clickspring

Hi I'm Chris, and I make home machine shop project videos for my YouTube channel Clickspring. I have a passion for making useful things with my benchtop lathe and mill, and I hope that the projects I share with you will inspire you to make some cool things in your shop too.

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November 2nd, 2015October 30th, 2015

The fire piston is a simple survival tool for starting fires. Watch a master miller create one on a lathe.

Darbin Orvar: A Baseball Bat from Rough Lumber

By Darbin Orvar

Darbin Orvar

Linn from the Darbin Orvar Youtube channel is originally from Sweden and has been making things all her life. She enjoys working in her shop on a variety of projects from electronics to woodworking, using hand tools and power tools.

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October 16th, 2015November 10th, 2015 1

Watch Linn from Darbin Orvar as she takes you through the steps to create a baseball bat from scratch.

Watch This Transfixing Benchtop Gyroscope Build — Part Two

By Chris from Clickspring

Chris from Clickspring

Hi I'm Chris, and I make home machine shop project videos for my YouTube channel Clickspring. I have a passion for making useful things with my benchtop lathe and mill, and I hope that the projects I share with you will inspire you to make some cool things in your shop too.

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September 10th, 2015September 10th, 2015 5

In this concluding episode of the gyroscope build, I show you how to finish off the remaining parts, and then put it all together for a run.

Watch This Transfixing Benchtop Gyroscope Build

By Chris from Clickspring

Chris from Clickspring

Hi I'm Chris, and I make home machine shop project videos for my YouTube channel Clickspring. I have a passion for making useful things with my benchtop lathe and mill, and I hope that the projects I share with you will inspire you to make some cool things in your shop too.

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August 28th, 2015August 27th, 2015 4

Gyroscopes really are amazing devices, and as a home machine shop project, they really don’t come much better than this.