Passive Solar Design in Old Houses: The Heating System You Didn’t Know You Had If you own a pre-1940 home, there is a good chance your house was engineered to heat itself with sunlight. Thick…

I would have bent my first set of sides during my first year at the London College of Furniture (1976/77) and I’ve bent a fair few bits of wood since. It never ceases to amaze me what you can do with…

sneak peek Dry clamped the base and set the top on it. I haven't that got to its final size yet but I wanted to check that I got it right. Spoiler alert, I did. <td c

Our joint box project, now in the cutting department, has moved forward another step or two. From Arto's cool originals and Wotan Bill's ace graphics I've made a second Century 21 Toys Moonship box.…

‘Finished in primer’ was the request, and the customer is (nearly) always right. So the Lister pair that have been shared in a few Friday updates are complete and will be heading home towards the end…

A while back I released a few mods to an existing Bambu AMS print and included my own extruded frame design. It did the job, but with the cost of parts rising, and with some experience of using my…

I spent the majority of the weekend working with my hands. It felt good. It felt natural. My mind was clear. I was tired and sore by the end of the day. When the severe storms blew through last week,…

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The ornate glass decoration above the storefront windows of the Ensminger Building offered me an opportunity to include a similar detail on my version of the structure. As I noted in the post " A…

Last Update: An update to the Starship Sub-orbital Stand is available. This is the full 3d printable stand! Download links are included. The first Ariane 64 configuration is now available and also…

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We're going try something daring in Glasgow next weekend - running a guest loco! This is always fraught with risk, especially on a layout with extremely tight curves and using Kadee couplings where…

surprise The glue bond from the PVA so far has been very easy to break with just a few gentle taps of a mallet. I tapped the bottom of the vertical divider first, then a few on the back of it. I was…

After my previous warping catastrophe, I started again with some fresh yarn (I&#8217;m not sure if I&#8217;ll be able to &#8230; More

You might have wondered about the progress of these three sheds . I had added a couple details to this shed and accidently broke them off. About this time I had started a small project of four small…

The models below that are uncredited are ones that I made. Otherwise, I&#8217;ve included a link to where I originally got the model. AirGradient One &#38; DIY Pro Indoor desk stand Author: @handro…

In working on a test print I realized the initial plan (the current validated as raster, setup of alpha) plus an opaque version is not going to work because totally opaque lines are too much for this…

Spring break project in full swing: bringing down the pergola that my grandfather and I built (sniff - but it was definitely time) before nature and the tiny screws we inexplicably used have other…

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I found the ZZRX-40 receiver while going through some old issues of QEX magazine . Designed by Craig Johnson (AA0ZZ) , this is a very simple and easy-to-build 40m direct conversion receiver. Even…

The LEGO Group recently announced the upcoming release of the #11378 LEGO Icons Douglas DC-3 PAN AM Airliner, an impressive new building set created for fans of aviation history. This is the third…

Ron Tarjany's instructions for building simple sheds in Railroad Modeler, Dec '74 That's my community garden shed below the template for his HO-scale shed. I was browsing the 1974 issues of Railroad…

Supersonic Saturday…Okay, not quite, especially given the state of the track in The Forest. Propelled by Hubert the conversational Latin speaking horse, who as we know is very very strong (he’s out…

-PLANNING THE INTERFACE: The first step in designing the faceplates and arranging the hardware layout, is taking careful measurements of the keyboard enclosure, and drawing it up in my design…

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keyword: tried yesterday, i bought some wood from a craft store—as one does. i know you're probably looking at me sideways already, but, it's a craft and hobby store. woodworking is a craft/hobby.…

It was a day to attend to a number of little things around the compound. I won’t say “finishing touches” because, right now, too many things seem too far from “finishing.” The studio door has a hasp…

Modified a Jeep tailgate table using 6 magnetic mounts. Total cost: $169 plus the 15 minutes it took to drill 6 holes.

My dad is a tinkerer. He&rsquo;s got a 3D printer, a CNC cutting machine, something to do with lasers, he&rsquo;s good with electricity, &hellip; the whole deal. For the past year and a half,…

I forgot my knitting at home. I should know better by now then to leave the house without it. It's a welcome distraction on a slow workday like today. Although, I really should be taking it easy on…

So, the concrete is poured, the bench is built, and we are moving on to installing the vise, creating the spark chute, and a rail for the spark chute. And, because this is about knives, I will show…

Fans of The Price is Right's Plinko game can create a home version with cardboard and a little tenacity. Source

This blog post is of course free, but you might want to watch the video we made and join your fellow enthusiasts. Here is the link. If a picture does paint a thousand words, then a video could do…

“Can you fix my ________ (insert any film camera from plastic point-and-shoot to 1930s Contax to Fuji GSW)?” - the inevitable question coming from anyone... The post Repairing Your Own Film Camera:…

Compact, lightweight, and a pleasure to use The post The Bassett Adder appeared first on Nathan&#039;s Possibly Interesting web site.

This video from Bill Making , features 100 triks and tips for the kit-basher and miniatures maker. Great tips, fun, and inspirring. The Rob Hawkins on Kitbashing Star Wars Buildings page describes…

Base coat is done. Adding the finer touches now like posters, graffiti and debris.

I don't print a lot of things which take many hours, I only have a small printer, but when I do, or if it's a risky print, then it's annoying to have to stop what you're doing to go and check on it.…

Last time I wrote about hammering out the kink that this saw had. When I was satisfied with the plate's straightness, I moved on to the handle, the cleaning of the plate, and then sharpening. The…

It’s been a very busy few weeks since I last blogged and I just haven’t found time or the extra energy to. So here is another photo dump of the progress I remembered to take pictures of. There are a…

I&#8217;ve made the below crackle weave design in AdaCAD, but have run out of &#8216;warp&#8217; threads on my loom, and &#8230; More

The structures which probably most draw the eye on our layout, and anyone looking at the real Minffordd Yard are the two very large slate sheds. You can't miss them whether you are passing on an FR…

April Cardigan The double knitted button band is taking forever and I&rsquo;m not even half way through it. It looks better than the 1x1 rib though, I&rsquo;ll admit. I placed another order with…

One of the next things to do for my diorama, and like the main thing to do, is build the characters. I&#39;ve been debating different techniques and materials and knew I wanted to make use of my 3D…

A Room, ReimaginedEver since the January blizzard in New York City, we’ve been living with a plaster-cracked ceiling in our dining area. While we waited for the snow to melt and the weather to warm…

Cut up the cards for the Patreon members today, packaged them up and got them sent off. Very satisfying!

After long years of hardship, fans of the pointy-eared Eldar have recently been blessed with many new plastic kits. Including the new Aeldari Corsairs and the Vyper / Starfang. Reason enough to trawl…

-PLANNING/BREADBOARD STAGE: VOICING I was hopeful that the circuit would be a good candidate for circuit bending, since there are so many big chips, and lots of analog circuitry. Unfortunately, there…

a couple of months ago i shared what i made in my first (hand-building) ceramics class just as i was getting into my 2nd class (first at wheel-throwing). i'm now in my third week of my third class…