This Father’s Day, we’re running a number of features on the site dedicated to dear ol’ dad. One of the them involves reaching out to you, our readers, and asking for tips and sayings from your father (or grandfathers) about the noble art of making things. We want to gather up the best of these “Tips My Dad Says” and will run a feature piece on Father’s Day (Sunday, June 18).
Japanese-style woodworker, Len Cullum, shows us how to create a butterfly spline.
Turn a junky old flea market find into a shiny new toolbox.
A clever modification to the traditional way of cutting an opening in a pumpkin.
Rediscover the lost art of cable and wire organizing known as cable lacing.
Best known for inventing TV-B-Gone, a keychain that turns off TVs in public places, Mitch Altman is interested in any technology that gives people more choices for improving their lives. You don’t have to be a Buddhist monk to meditate, or a Sleeping Beauty to sleep well. Achieve these altered states of consciousness, and others, […]
