Here Izzy Swan gets an assist from non-tool-user, Mrs. Izzy, to show you how to make jigsaw cuts more accurately:
Pet Steps
Marc Spagnuolo builds a set of fold-flat pet steps that can also be converted into a ramp:
Blade Sharpening Hack
Jesse de Geest shows you a combination sandpaper/whetstone sharpening method:
Time To Organize The Woodshop
Another one from de Geest, who builds a dadoed and through-tenoned wall-mounted shelf system to tidy up his shop:
Mobile Workstation
Another shop organization project—Linn from Darbin Orvar turns some bonus plywood into a rolling workstation to house tool overflow:
“Quick & Easy Pencil Holders That You Can Sell”
David Picciuto batches out a bunch of pencil holders that he’ll sell at an upcoming craft show:
Compact Workbench Plans
Ron Paulk is selling plans for his new, compact breakdown workbench:
Easy DIY Shelves
This one is short but sweet—Ben Uyeda builds some shelves in an unusual way, utilizing common cheapie shelf brackets in a way that accidentally creates a mid-century modern aesthetic:
1. A New Origin Story for Dogs When, where and how wolves were domesticated and eventually became dogs has always been disagreed upon by scientists. Now, new research suggests our best pals have a different origin story than once thought. Archaeologist……
Heatherwick’s Vessel will be made up of a series of metal-clad staircases and landings that connect to form a honeycomb pattern, and will sit at the centre of New York’s Hudson Yards.
Angular volumes clad in timber and metal step down the side of a sloping site to form this house near Melbourne with ocean views (+ slideshow).
The Split House was designed by local studio BKK Architects for a site in a recent housing development within the Mount Martha area, around 60 kilometres south of the Australian city.
The plot is positioned on a hillside looking towards Port Philip Bay, with the woodland of the Mount Martha Nature Conservation Reserve located on the other side of the street.
This led BKK Architects to a design that makes the most of the available views while also ensuring privacy from neighbouring properties.
“Within this context the Split House provides a range of spatial relationships to its site and the broader territory that carefully balances the owners’ desire for privacy and engagement with their surrounds,” said the architects.
The building is divided into two timber-clad volumes, connected by a bridging stairway covered with zinc panels. A gap beneath the stairs provides a view through from one side of the building to the other.
Beneath the stairs, a path leads to an entrance that opens into a reception area accommodating a piano. The walls of this space are clad in vertical wooden boards that extend over the underside of a sloping ceiling.
The staircase itself incorporates carpeted seating from which the owners and their guests can enjoy performances or look out through windows on either side.
Sunlight projects down into this space through a window inserted in the projecting roof structure.
The lower storey contains bedrooms, a bathroom, a laundry area and a games room flanked by sliding glass doors that open onto the lawn.
At the top of the stairs is an open-plan kitchen, dining area and lounge, with a master bedroom suite accommodated at one end.
The opposite end of the space incorporates windows and a door that leads out to a rock garden connected to the lawn below by a step of rough stone steps.
The windows are set back from the structure’s facade to protect them from direct sunlight. The edges of the opening are slanted inwards, forming a funnel-like form that accentuates the transition from inside to outside.
Another door from the lounge opens onto a bridge that extends across the gap between the two volumes. It leads to a terrace on the roof of the lower storey that looks out towards the bay.
Landscaped gardens woven around the building are shaded by screens and pergolas where required to create “a sequence of distinct spaces with varying qualities of light and shadow”.
“At its inception, the landscape and spaces in between the house were conceived as of equal importance as the building itself,” added the architects.
London Design Festival 2016: Taking inspiration from the passage of time, London design studio Glithero has created a kinetic installation that extends across six floors at the V&A museum.
The Green Room installation is an “abstract clock” made up of a series of neon-coloured silicone cords, each joined to a motorised revolving arm at the top of the stairwell.
As the arm turns, the strings rise and fall one by one, creating a wave-like motion.
“Our studio is known for making installations, products and furniture that focus on the process,” Glithero co-founder Tim Simpson told Dezeen. “And for that reason we are often consumed with the idea of time in our work.”
“We wanted to make something that was effectively an abstract clock, and has an arm that turns very high up in the ceiling that turns one revolution per minute.”
The installation is located inside a historic stairwell, which features moss green walls and large, round windows that let in shafts of natural light.
“The piece is called the Green Room because the space is predominantly green,” said Simpson. “It’s a part of the museum that they’ve not yet used for these types of intervention.”
“It also refers to a term that surfers use for the moment that they’re in the barrel of a wave, which is what the experience is really about.”
Visitors can climb the six levels of stairs to see a different view of the vertiginous installation.
Le designer argentin Panco Sassano est à l’origine d’un nouveau travail de typographie culinaire en collaboration avec la styliste culinaire Anna Keville Joyce et le photographe Agustín Nieto. Leur oeuvre intitulée A gusto est composée de diverses graines, épices ou encore de petits fruits et légumes. Tous les ingrédients sont joliment assemblés pour formé le mot final.
Leica officially announced the Sofort, the company’s very first instant camera. It’s a compact snapshot camera that shoots Fujifilm Instax Mini film. Called the Sofort. The cameras have a selection of settings like a Macro mode, self timer, sport and action setting, and more. Other features and specs include a 60mm f/12.7 (34mm in 35mm equiv) lens, shutter speeds of 1/8 to 1/400, a 0.37x optical viewfinder, and a 100-exposure battery life. The Leica Sofort will be available starting in November 2016 for $299. The Leica Instax Mini film packs cost $13 for a pack of 10 color exposures, and $16 for a pack of 10 monochrome exposures…(Read…)
The Mercedes-AMG GT Roadster adds open-air fun to an already exhilarating driving experience. It comes in two varieties: a standard model with an output of 469 hp, and a GT C model with 550 hp, good for a 0-60 time of 3.7 seconds and a top speed of 196 mph. Both are powered by a biturbo 4.0L V8 paired with an AMG seven-speed, dual clutch transmission. Top speed is 188 mph in the GT and 196 mph in the C. The roadsters are set to hit Mercedes dealers in the Fall of 2017…(Read…)
Finnish machine shop owner, Lauri Vuohensilta, uses his hydraulic press to test how well a just-released iPhone 7 can withstand 100 tons of pressing force…(Read…)
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