Some Tips on DIY Projects and Waste Disposition
After making, disposing of what are called “Household Hazardous Waste” product can be challenging. Here are some helpful tips for your DIY projects!
recycling
Skraptacular! at World Maker Faire New York
SKRAPTACULAR! is a grassroots recycling organization which works with New York City schoolchildren to creatively reduce and reuse waste materials, has a larger-than-life presence at the second annual World Maker Faire at the N.Y. Hall of Science in Flushing Meadow Queens.
How-To: Homemade Plastics Recycler / Extruder
Interesting homemade tool from Instructables user Random_Canadian. The melt chamber consists of a length of 3/4″ iron pipe, the piston head is an off-the-shelf socket wrench, and the piston rod is a socket extension. A temperature controller, a couple of eBay cartridge heaters, a few tufts of fiberglass insulation, and some odds ‘n’ ends make for a heating system. And a brass hose barb serves as the extrusion nozzle
How-To: Bottle Cutting
With a bottle cutting jig, you can easily recycle your used glass bottles into reusable drinking glasses or flower vases. After scoring the glass with the jig, there are a few different ways to make a clean break. In this video, I show how to do this using a candle flame and a piece of […]
CRAFT Video: Bike Tube Headband
Learn to recycle a broken bike inner tube into a chain-link headband, necklace, or belt! Becky Stern shows you how. Britt McMaster designed this project for her blog, cucumbersome.com. Head on to craftzine for more details: http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2010/03/bike_tube_headband.html
Pillow Chair from Old T-Shirts – CRAFT Video
I’ve had a stack of t-shirts and a closet full of upholstery foam just waiting for a large-scale project like this to come along. Tiffany Threadgould and I show you how to make a comfy beanbag-style pillow chair from old t-shirts in this week’s CRAFT Video! http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2010/03/pillow_chair_from_t-shirts_and.html
Cute, No-Fuss Paper Towel Roll Flowers
Following up on my post about dried flower arrangements and how easy they are in so many ways, here’s another great flower project that involves no remembering to water, no need to add sugar (or is it ammonia?) to keep the stems fresh, and no mess once the flowers began to drop their petals. Plus, […]
