Custom Potted Plant From TechShop: Purpose: Re-purpose salvaged materials to add a unique feature to your garden. Tools: virtually none Materials: old washer drum, spray paint, rocks, dirt, plants and light
Portable Lap Desk & TechShop Tool Kit: The Maker gods recently smiled on me when a TechShop opened up only a few miles away from work. One of the challenges of this new opportunity however has been organizing a tool kit that holds all my TechShop gear and can be grabbed at a moment…
Wooden French Curves - Made at Techshop: In this instructable I'll show you how I made a set of wooden french curves using the scroll saw at Techshop's wood shop. French curves are very handy drafting tools, and for woodworkers they are great to have around the shop to lay out simple a…
Tall Bandsaw Resaw Fence - Made at Techshop: Resawing - ripping a board to thickness - is a great technique that can save a lot of money and materials in the woodshop. The bandsaw is the most common tool for the job, but the stock fences that come with most bandsaws don't provide enough …
Make a Simple Wood Box at Techshop: Hello! I'm going to show you how to build this simple wood box on a laser cutter. I designed this box for a specific purpose but it would work great as a jewelry box, a pencil box (without the divider) or to hold any other small knick-knacks. If you…
Wire Straightener - I Made It at TechShop: Wire usually comes in a spool format, but it's a LOT easier to work with when it's straightened out. But it can be a lot of work to make it straight... and it take a log of practice to do it by hand. But this simple gadget is fairly …
UB-5 Flat Steel Scrolls @ Chandler TechShop: I made it at Chandler TechShop (Check out www.techshop.ws). After taking the Ironworker class I wanted to create my own flat steel decorations for the house. This is an introductory to what I had to do to accomplish the task. All units are i…
Rolling Plywood / Sheet Storage - Made at Techshop: Rollers that move individually make it easy to pull heavy sheets of plywood and MDF in and out without disturbing the other sheets. I was inspired to make this by a tip from from American Woodworker magazine, and made it for my …
The Packard Chandelier - I Made It at TECHSHOP!: Measuring in at a whopping eight foot by five foot and weighing right around 100 lbs., the Packard Chandelier is a marvel of Styrofoamy-deception! Designed to look like giant rusted steel gears weighing tons, it's funny to see a person carry a secti…
How to Make a Three Year Old Happy @ Techshop: This is a project I did for my three year old nephew who is obsessed with octonauts. This is an octoalert! Please can you sound the octoalert?
Arduino Powered Rotary Encoders - I Made It at TechShop: As in some of my past instructables, arduino is all about control. The ability to control certain things like displays, servos, motors, and other electrical mechanical devices in a meaningful way. I've covered using potentiometers to determine posit…
Making of a Segmented Vase - I Made It at TechShop: I wanted to explore wood turning and make a huge vase. To figure out how it works and avoid all the usual pit falls, I wanted to make a small scale vase first. Little did I know that what I made as a prototype would be the one i will eventually disp…
Make Adjustable Feet for a Butcher Block - Made at Techshop: Someone I know recently commisioned a cutting board from me - as described in my earlier instructable how to make an end grain cutting board. But instead of making a normal size cutting board, they wanted a full-on butcher block, and I decided that …
Making an End-grain Cutting Board - I Made It at Techshop: Below are several cutting boards I have made at Techshop, San Francisco, a membership based workshop with all types of tools for making things. I don't have much experience with woodworking, so I used this project to teach myself some basic woodwork…
How to Build a Corner Shelf for You Bathroom at TechShop: My sister-in-laws bathroom countertop was getting a little crowded and mentioned to my wife that she wanted to buy a corner shelf. My wife then proceeded to tell her that I could build one for her one. So yup, you guessed it. I bu…
How to Dye Fabric With Tissue Paper (I Made It at TechShop!): First of all, let me say that you will need "bleeding" tissue paper. It is designed so that the colors bleed out of the paper. You can do an online search and find several places that sell it. You will also need a fabric that wil…
Making a Bearing Housing With 3D Printer - I Made It at TechShop: The following is an instructable on making a bearing, nut, etc housing at Techshop.http://www.techshop.ws
How to Make an EXTREME Battle-Shots Board Game. I Made It at Techshop!: EXTREME Battle-Shots is a great drinking game that's fun and really easy to figure out. Basically, two people sit opposite each other and try to call out the coordinates of the other player's ships. It's like a slightly simplified version of Battl…
I Made It at TechShop Pittsburgh - DIY Hair Pomade (I'm a Dapper Dan Man!): Are you tired of buying overpriced hair jelly to keep your pomp in line? Why not make your own!
How to Adjust for Wood Thickness and Kerf on a Laser Cutter at Techshop: In this Instructable I will show you my method to adjust your patterns to the correct thickness on a laser cutter. I went through this to make my wood box slot together with a tight fit and I made this at Techshop San Jose using their Epilog 60W Hel…
