The “PotMaker,” from Toronto herb gardeners Richter’s, is a two-part hardwood die that makes it easy to manufacture disposable, biodegradable pots for starting seedlings. The pots are made from strips of newspaper and don’t have to be removed before planting. Anja Bartlett has posted a phototutorial demonstrating its use; if you’re interested in buying one consider getting it through her site!
AND it’s on wheels (and as far as I know, by “wheels,” they don’t mean logs underneath) [via Dinosaurs and Robots] Log Cabin Studio
Over on O’Reilly Radar, Tim O’Reilly gives his first-blush assessment of the Google Nexus One. There will be many posts focusing on the look, feel, and features of the Nexus One, so I’m going to focus on what Android’s latest incarnation says about the competitive landscape – what I’ve elsewhere called the war for the […]
In the Make: Online Toolbox, we focus mainly on tools that fly under the radar of more conventional tool coverage: in-depth tool-making projects, strange or specialty tools unique to a trade or craft that can be useful elsewhere, tools and techniques you may not know about, but once you do, and incorporate them into your […]
Devlin has posted a great tutorial on using OpenSCAD (Clifford Wolf’s fantastic, free CSG 3D modeling program) to model Hack a Day’s trademark “skull badge” from this year’s CES. I posted my own (much, much more basic) OpenSCAD tutorial a couple weeks back.
While small lathes are of relatively limited value in my opinion, I’ve gotta give it up to Thingiverse user cathalgarvey for designing and uploading the parts to print this motor-tool-powered, printable micro-lathe. As always, would love to see some video!
I love how our pals over at iFixit are always the first in line to buy new gadgets as they come to market, so they can race them back to the shop to take them apart and find out what makes them tick. Their excitement and curiosity is almost palpable, and of course, we all […]
