Author: Lewin Day / Source: Hackaday A vacuum chamber can be a useful thing to have around the shop. It can be used for all manner of purposes, from science experiments to degassing paints and epoxies. They’re not something you’d find in every workshop, but never fear – you can always build one

Source: Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers Tips of the Week is our weekly peek at some of the best making tips, tricks, and recommendations we’ve discovered in our travels. Check in every Friday to see what we’ve discovered. And we want to hear from you. Please share your tips, shortcuts,

Source: Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers When I first got my lathe, Peter Brown (of Shop Time) sent me a box of interesting scrap wood to practice on. The one that caught my eye was a big chunk of live-edge (the bark still attached) walnut. This is the story of how I nearly ruined it.

Source: Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers Bob Clagget from the youtube channel I Like To Make Stuff decided to jump into some areas he’s never explored before, and the results were stunning. Inspired by the “river tables” that people make, where they pour epoxy into a long trough in a

delMare table is hypnotic, is one of those pieces that mesmerizes people! I was starring a long time trying to understand it’s shape and form, because you don’t find a table with such a unique shape every day. I was drawn to look at it for hours, as I would gaze into the depth of the sea floor.