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People love to dress up their Home Depot 12-foot skeletons. In this video, maker and tinkerer Ali Spagnola shows how she turned her Skelly into a 12-foot topiary by coating it with millions of chia seeds. To make the seeds stick, she wrapped each of its bones in gauze, turning it into a temporary mummy.
HOZO updates the humble hobby knife with push-button blade changes. The knife has an anti-roll aluminum handle and interchangeable blades for cutting, carving, sawing, and filing. The accompanying case unfolds into a portable workspace with a cutting mat, magnetic blade storage, and a blade disposal slot. The Premium Combo includes numerous extra blades.
Korean artist Budaljo shows how she transformed a block of handmade soap into a 3D sculpture of a wild Charmander from Pokémon. After sketching its front and side profiles, she carves out the fire-breathing creature’s basic shape, then smooths its surfaces and adds carved and painted details. She’s so right that the shavings look like
xTool’s most versatile laser lets users switch between five lasers. We’ve been testing this amazing workshop tool, which saves space with its CO2 and diode lasers and add-on “backpacks” for MOPA, Fiber, and UV lasers. Since every laser shares its gantry and height platform, it offers more workspace than other galvo machines for larger images
VAULT is a DIY, 3D-printable toolbox system designed to keep workshops organized. With 95 module sizes, it features stackable, locking compartments, full-extension drawers, removable dividers, and interchangeable labels. The system is compatible with Gridfinity, and its modular design lets you mix and match drawers, hinged-lid containers, and handles.
Do you love escape rooms and tricky puzzles? The Keebox Green should be right up your alley. The mechanical puzzle offers a sequence of challenging puzzles to solve in the correct order to reveal the hidden token inside. One or two people can play, and digital hints are available if you get stuck. For more
When it comes to fast food French fries, McDonald’s still makes some of the tastiest shoestrings. For something a little less greasy, Siesta Origami created a replica of the Mickey D’s fries out of a single folded sheet of paper. He hand-dyed one side red for the box, and the other yellow for the potatoes
JackJack just made the most repulsive Rubik’s Cube ever. To create this disturbing diorama, they sculpted a creepy clay cube that has freaky faces on each of its sides. The scene imagines the mutant mind-bender being manipulated by a machine in a special observation enclosure built to contain the bizarre biohazard in the same lab
Pastry artist Amaury Guichon outdid himself by creating this incredible, edible Homer Simpson out of chocolate. We watched in awe as Amaury molded and sculpted Homey’s dome-shaped head and rotund body. The delectable donut-loving dad has that open-mouth drool look going like he’s ready to start gnawing on his own arm after he finishes his
When it comes to making cakes that look like other things, pastry artist Natalie Sideserf is one of the best in the business. In this Halloween video, she shows how she created a dessert that looks exactly like a jack-o-lantern, complete with an edible candle inside. We had no idea that nuts burned like candles.
The latest version of the TiRuler improves its utility with a variety of upgrades. It has the same folding design, but its markings are now etched and filled with black ink for readability, it gets 45º/90º/180º angle stops, a quick compass feature, and inner diameter measurement. It also adds two new tools: a removable magnetic
Replikey makes digital key fobs that display a custom 3D avatar of your vehicle. Each Replikey has a tiny full-color touchscreen you can use to spin and admire your ride. Simply upload photos of your car, truck, SUV, or motorcycle to their website, review the preview image, and in a few weeks you’ll have a