5 Easy to Make Bike Fenders and Mudguards
Here are six ways of adding mud and splash protection to your bike.
woodworking
Turning Beautiful Spoons on a Wood Lathe
Itโs interesting to see what can be made using a lathe. Beyond making simple table legs, users have created everything from intricately designed pens to highly detailed jewelry using a myriad of materials. Wood, one of the more versatile materials, can be combined and manipulated with other types to create some truly stunning pieces such […]
How to Make Spring Clamps Out of Plastic Pipe
If you find yourself needing a lot of clamps for a workshop job, you can easily construct a handful by cutting down a length of plastic pipe
From Chemo to Creator: Making Moving Art to Heal Thyself
Making moving art has become a way of healing for Jacksonville, Florida, artist Ron Schroer. Five years ago he survived a bout of lymphoma. After the last round of chemo he emerged with impetus to create, animate, and make art. As a way of continued healing and embracing life he set to work on some […]
6 Bicycles and Accessories for the Cycling Woodworker
Riding a bike and a love of the outdoors and nature go hand-in-hand. Why not combine the two by actually making your bike out of wood? Although it’s hard to avoid using some rubber and metal in your design, even a wooden accessory or set of frame parts will definitely make people look twice! Bamboo […]
Handmade Beauty: Hairpin Leg Vanity Table with Built-In Storage
If you’ve got a few woodworking skills under your belt and are looking for a fun and challenging springtime project to tackle, this modern-meets-rustic hairpin leg vanity table is a great way to expand your furniture-building know-how! My favorite part about this project’s design is definitely the fold-up doors that reveal storage compartments and a […]
Watch this Artisan Create a Beautiful Acoustic Guitar
Surprisingly, David Lee of Lee Acoustics has only been building acoustic guitars for about a year and a half, yet his workmanship resembles that of a master luthier. All of his guitars are dreadnought style with beautiful wood finishes that tempt me to display them as art pieces almost as much as Iโm tempted to […]
