If you’re familiar with tabletop product photography and video, you know what a pain it can be to shoot overhead shots while working on your subject. Tripods just get in...
Posted by Adam Flaherty
Categories: Photography & Video, Tools, Workshop | No Comments
It all started with a small LCD salvaged from an old printer. I recruited my code-savvy older brother, Adam, and we soon had the LCD displaying text from an Arduino...
Posted by Immanuel McKenty
Categories: Electronics | 7 Comments
My architect friends Lorenzo Bini and Roberta Pezzulla made this little project for a very young and dynamic client: Lorenzo’s 6-month-old goddaughter. They wanted to make a box that the...
Posted by Claudio Bernardini
Categories: Home, Woodworking | 2 Comments
This attachment mounts in place of your router’s factory baseplate and is used for cutting circular disks from, or boring circular holes in, sheet stock. It pivots about a small...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan
Categories: Woodworking, Furniture | 6 Comments
OK, so it’s not, actually. Bulletproof, that is. But with 3/32″ aluminum sheet covers, nickel-plated steel piano hinges, and all-riveted construction, it’s a damn sight tougher than just about any...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan
Categories: Home | No Comments
One of my favorite things to do is talk with other ham radio operators through satellites or the International Space Station (ISS). To do this, I stand on a rooftop...
Posted by Diana Eng
Categories: Electronics, Science | No Comments
Pop quiz: What does the top edge of say, your utility closet door look like? I’m betting that you’ve never seen it, even if you’ve lived in your home for...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan
Categories: Furniture, Home | 4 Comments
Although it sounds like some kind of euphemism from Brave New World, a “pneumatic trough” is actually a very handy piece of classic chemistry lab kit. Besides providing a convenient...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan
Categories: Science | No Comments
I’m a great admirer of Jørgen Møller’s Posterhänger design. It’s great for those in-between prints that are too valuable to put thumbtacks through, but not valuable enough to have framed....
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan
Categories: Furniture | No Comments
Turn a Hot Wheels toy into a versatile radar gun.
Posted by Ken Delahoussaye
Categories: Electronics, Home | No Comments
Breathe new life into an old, damaged pocket knife by building new custom-fit wooden scales.
Posted by Josh Burroughs
Categories: Home, Woodworking | 1 Comment
A hollow bolt hides secret messages.
Posted by Brian Dereu
Categories: Fun & Games | No Comments
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