There's Jake, there's Elwood, and there's Dr. Kreepy. In this video he shows you how to cast cheap prop skulls by blowing canned expanding foam from the hardware store into...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Sunday September 27th, 2009 10:59 AM
Categories: Craft, Fun & Games, Home, Workshop | No Comments
The Steel Yard is gearing up for another great season of building, cutting, bending, and throwing. In addition to our regular lineup of courses we have some really exciting new...
Posted by Brian Jepson | Sunday September 13th, 2009 7:21 AM
This site, though short on "who," is long on "how," featuring nice big, clear photos illustrating the process of going from wax master to finished art glass casting. Inferring from...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Monday August 24th, 2009 8:54 AM
Categories: Art & Design, General, Workshop | 1 Comment
By Alden Hart The “LED Light Brick” project in MAKE, Volume 18 has generated lots of good feedback for us, so we went back and asked Alden to explore a...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Tuesday June 30th, 2009 8:52 AM
Categories: Electronics, Workshop | No Comments
MAKE subscriber Pete Marchetto pointed us to this awesome site covering all manner of backyard metal casting. In fact, that’s its name: Backyard Metal Casting. Peter writes: Blame Kaden Harris....
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Sunday April 12th, 2009 10:05 PM
Categories: Makers, Science, Workshop | 5 Comments
This incredible dodecahedral “Petaminx” twisty puzzle was all hand-cast, hand-assembled, and hand-colored (okay, “hand-stickered,” but still…). The Making of the Petaminx
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Tuesday March 3rd, 2009 1:26 AM
Categories: Fun & Games, Workshop | 7 Comments
Metal Web News is not much to look at, but it’s an absolute teasure-trove for metalsmiths, welders, casters, and blacksmiths. Also home of the venerable Usenet Metalworking FAQ. I’m not...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Wednesday February 4th, 2009 4:35 PM
Categories: Tools, Workshop | No Comments
Vrogy has created a foam prototype of the M6G pistol from Halo 3. He originally intended to make a whole arsenal of aluminum cast weaponry from his designs. He discovered...
Posted by Chris Connors | Wednesday December 10th, 2008 7:09 PM
Categories: Art & Design, Craft, Fun & Games, Workshop | No Comments
Casper’s brother made him this totally sweet bronze sculpture using Styrofoam and a LEGO minifig. Via Brothers Brick
Posted by Patti Schiendelman | Friday October 24th, 2008 8:37 PM
Categories: Art & Design, Fun & Games, Kids & Family, Workshop | No Comments
From Craftzine: Jodie from Ric-Rac shares her thoughts on working with resin to embed objects for use in jewelry, magnet-making, and more. Extreme crafting – resin jewellery
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Thursday April 17th, 2008 4:41 PM
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Solsylva has an interesting DIY rotational molding, or casting, machine used for hollow casting of resin or any other material that does not require heat activation. I like their idea...
Posted by Marc de Vinck | Wednesday January 30th, 2008 1:00 AM
Categories: Workshop | 3 Comments
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