Tool explosion
Damián Ortega’s “Controller of the Universe” uses a variety of hand tools suspended as if frozen in mid-explosion. Evoking the human response to – DUCK! – Damián Ortega @ White Cube – Will the Revolution Be Museumized? @ NYTimes
Toolbox
How to: Joint boards without a jointer
Anyone who works enough with wood wants a jointer. What do you do if you need one, but don’t have one? Improvise! Check out this great instructable on joining wood without a jointer. A planer/jointer is not always available to the home woodworker who wants to do fine cabinetry. Look at the piece of cabinetry […]
Power drill take-apart (and put-together)
In case you wondered what the insides of a wired Dewalt power drill looked like … [via Take It Apart dot net]
Bike-borne lunch bag
In this week’s Evil Mad Scientist project, Lenore shows you how to sew a cloth lunch bag that can be carried on the frame of your bike. Bicycle Frame Lunch Bag
Scratch-built espresso machine
By way of our resident coffee gadget guru John Edgar Park comes word of this… er… homebrewed temp-regulated, lever espresso machine, called the Robo-Pavoni. Robo-Pavoni ; learning to make an espresso machine from scratch
Flat-pack mallet
Vert design offers this CNC cut mallet kit – an interesting gift idea for humorous tool-fans and a sweet remake for those wielding the power computer numerical controlled milling. – MC mallet [via Neatorama]
Maker’s Notebook tool caddy
Check out this awesome little velcro’d tool holder and book closer that ValHutchins posted on the MAKE Flickr Pool. Nice work. Love the black and white checkerboard. Maker’s Notebook Set More: Fixing The Maker’s Notebook Bookmark Maker’s Notebook Pocket – CRAFT Video Podcast In the Maker Shed: Pick up The Maker’s Notebook ($19.99) for […]