Maker Essentials: Working with Plywood and 2×4s
2×4s and Plywood are both cheap and easy to work with. Check out these tricks for incorporating these materials in your next project.
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Building a Traditional Kayak with Polyester Skin and Plywood
Maker Trevor Akin has been building boats for himself for years. Now with the “Kidyak” he’s built a child-sized, skin-on-frame kayak for his daughter.
Burn Fractal Patterns into Plywood
How to make amazing fractal art with plywood and electricity.
Build a Tron-Inspired Coffee Table
So many Maker projects are really just about one discipline — woodworking, machining, electronics, you get the idea. I wanted to build a piece of furniture that blended two different concepts — electronics and woodworking — and build a unique looking coffee table that’s one part rustic design, and the other Tron-inspired sci-fi. The surface […]
Giant Spirograph Makes Mathematically Perfect Chalk Drawings On The Street
After struggling to use a little laser-cut spirograph, Nathan of HaHa Bird decided that the problem was scale-related and resolved to remedy the situation by building a massive version to use on the street, and it worked!
Beautiful Clockwork Woodcraft Projects
German maker Christopher Blasius sent us the link to his wonderful projects that use some easy-to-build mechanisms to run whimsical clockwork toys.
Plywood and Zip-Tie Shelving
J1 Studios’ plywood and zip-tie shelving looks great and can be expanded to fit any wall.
