How to Create an Easy Inlay in Wood with Solder
You can create a cool metal inlay effect in wood with solder. This technique is perfect for signage!
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How-To: DIY Tiki Torches
For those trying to make the most of what’s left of the warm weather this year, here is a great tutorial by Sugar & Charm on making homemade tiki torches from glass bottles.
Weekend Project: $30 Micro Forge
Do some blacksmithing and make your own nails and other small iron parts. Thanks go to Len Cullum for the original article in MAKE, Volume 18. To download The $30 Micro Forge video click here and subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete $30 Micro Forge article in MAKE Volume 18 and you can see […]
Weekend Project: $30 Micro Forge (PDF)
Do some blacksmithing and make your own nails and other small iron parts. Thanks go to Len Cullum for the original article in MAKE, Volume 18. View the PDF of this project. and then subscribe to MAKE Magazine for other great projects you can do over the weekend. Get the firebrick here.
Thermal lance is every bit as awesome as it sounds
This is a video, from YouTuber OliKills, showing two guys using a thermal lance (Wikipedia), also called a “thermic lance” or “burning bar,” to cut through a lump of concrete. It really gets going about 20 seconds in, and by the end of the video a white-hot stream of molten concrete “lava” is clearly visible running across the pavement.
