7 Things to Consider Before Hiring a Machine Shop
So you’ve designed the crucial part to your next big project and it’s time to send it to your local machine shop…
Metalworking
This Week in Making: Robotic Tattoos, Free Software, and Fab Labs for Kids
This week we saw robotic tattoos, a museum bringing fabrication tools to kids, and how Autodesk is bringing software tools to Fab Labs.
Watch How to Make a Stainless Steel Rose
Tuomas Soikkeli shares his technique for hammering and polishing stainless steel metal into beautiful roses.
Maker Spotlight: Mike Fulkerson
What’s the best way to revive American craftsmanship and inspire more hands-on learning? Mike would probably say by building huge steampunk robots.
Bill Domby’s Metalwork Menagerie
Bill left a legacy in the form of a metal sculpture zoo featuring elephants, bears, toads, and more (much more).
It Took 4 Years to Build This Detailed, Posable Terminator Replica
This Terminator T800 replica is life-sized, posable, and meticulously crafted. It took creator Jamie Staff 4 years to complete.
This Telepresence Robot from the 1800s Helps Promote Metal Shop
AR-Duo is a steampunk telepresence robot that shows off the skills and ingenuity of a school’s metal shop.
