A CNC router machine is probably the most useful tool a hobbyist can own, but the price for a CNC machine on the market is way more than the average hobbyist is willing to spend. You can build your own CNC with very basic tools, little knowledge of machinery, mechanics, or electronics, but be warned, these machines are inherently dangerous, so wear the proper protection and use common sense. At the very least, read the instructions and precautions on every tool you use.
If you can't get out into the garden, or you want to get the kids involved on a wet day, why not sprout some seeds?
Watch this how to video to learn how to make Malfouf, or what is also known as stuffed cabbage is. For this recipe you will need:
In this video, Andrew explains the basics of what materials and supplies you need to get started in hemming your pants. Then he goes over choosing thread, the right size needle and finally hemming the pants.
In this series of video clips, expert interior designer Craig Hale demonstrates how to properly hang a picture or other wall décor. You’ll learn what sorts of tools and drywall anchors you’ll need, as well as several design tips, including how to hang art at eye level, how to create a color scheme for multiple frames, and how to group various sizes of wall hangings in vertical, symmetrical and asymmetrical design schemes. Craig shows you various techniques for hanging plates, sconces and othe...
This series of videos takes you step by step throught the process of designing and building a shadow box frame. This particular frame is for an 8x10 photo but you could easily adjust for a different size.
Artist Kate Bangs shows us how to improve old furniture with a shabby rose design. Take vanilla and fuchsia colored paint and mix them together as you paint them on the furniture to form the background. Let that background paint dry. With a watery brush paint the rest of the areas, including raised sections. It is shabby painting and so it does not have to be super neat. Load your brush with pink and white paint and make arches in a circle to form petals. Mix green, pink and white on your bru...
Slow that freaking game down! In order to score big in Typing Maniac, you need to slow down! And the only way to slow down the game is to use Cheat Engine.
Dean Forrest has his own coffee roasting business and in this video series he shows you how to roast coffee. He is using larger commercial size equipment, so the process may be a bit different if you're trying to do this at home.
In this clip you're going to see how to make a vintage inspired apron. The first step to making your apron is choosing your fabric, then determining what size you want your apron to be. See how to do these first steps in this part of the series.
With the recent release of both Watchmen and X-Men Origins, convincing a drunken buddy at the bar that you've got slightly super human lifting abilities isn't completely out of the question.
Is your love of race cars exceeded only by your love of elaborate papercraft? Do you have easy access to industrial-size printers and a surfeit of clean cardboard? If you answered yes to all of the above, odds are you're the Seiko Epson printer corporation, who recently set about assembling an impressive 1:1-scale 3D cardboard replica of a Honda/Acura NSX Super GT race car for the 2010 Tokyo Auto Salon:
It's that time of year again when pizza boxes line the room and buffalo wings stain the couch. When cases of beer sit in the cooler and the big screen TVs are fired up and properly calibrated. When two of the best football teams vie for the championship title and the Vince Lombardi trophy.
On Tuesday night, at 9 p.m. EST, President Barack Obama delivered his second State of the Union Address before a Joint Session of Congress in the Chamber of the United States House of Representatives.
Dual nurses? Random transformer shirt guy? White collar fighter? Fatso macho man? Super Mario? Ah, you must be playing Dong Dong Never Die!
When you log in you will get this message which will open up a screen in the market to buy your FarmVille Super Combine!
If you always carry earbuds with you in your purse or backpack, you can use simple household objects to prevent the cords from tangling up into knots.
While candy-making can seem like an intimidating task, making your own homemade Tootsie Rolls is actually surprisingly easy. For a super-easy, no heat version, you can simply gather all your ingredients, mix and knead them together until everything reaches a Play-Doh-like consistency, and cut the resulting sticky ball into bite-sized pieces.
It may sound complicated, but making your own flavor-infused vodka is effortlessly easy with delicious results, and it makes for a great last-minute holiday gift. All you need are some fresh fruit and herbs, a quart-sized mason jar, a bottle of vodka (make sure it isn't the super-cheap kind), and a few days of waiting time.
To Mario enthusiasts everywhere: Mario mania has been lovingly expressed all over the web for some time now (including How-To). The most recent accomplishment brings together two classic favorites: Mario plus LEGOs.
Watch this instructional paper craft video to fold a paper airplane called the Super Suzy. The Super Suzy airplane is a zippy flyer. This is an intermediate origami project. You will need two pieces of origami paper to complete this paper craft airplane. The Super Suzy is a cute, acrobatic paper plane. Fold a super suzy paper airplane.
Play super fast triplet drum fills using double strokes. The sticking for those alternating sticking triplets is: R(snare) L(snare) R(snare) L(rack tom) R(floor tom) L(floor tom) R(crash cymbal). Play super fast triplet drum fills.
For all you nintendo users, this is a lengthy and descriptive tutorial on how to cheat at the Super Smash Bros. Melee video game. There is an advisory to read the text prior to viewing the video for full comprehension. Cheat in Super Smash Bros. Melee.
The Fit Show takes a behind the scenes look at an Oxygen magazine photoshoot and finishes with a super arm workout with Julien Greaux. See what it takes to get ready and learn how to get huge yourself with this muscle-packed video. If you're actually interested in the arm workout, you're gonna have to do some fast forwarding - the good stuff is at the end. Get a super arm workout.
UPDATE: New York Giants WON! Super Bowl XLVI has concluded. The New York Giants beat the New England Patriots 21 to 17. If you missed the big game, there doesn't seem to be a full replay of all the action, but you can visit NBC.com or NFL.com to get information and video highlights on the game and player interviews, as well as a list of all of the records broken and tied.
Some of you have already seen the superbness of tonight's "super moon", but for those of you in the western half of the United States, there's still time to ready your cameras and enjoy March 19th's super full moon. It's the biggest full moon in almost 20 years, the last one appearing in March of 1993.
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Whether you're training to pursue it as a career or just like to show off your knowledge when you're hosting company, knowing how to pour a well-sized shot is great for tending bar. This method makes it easy for anybody to size a drink. All you have to do it count to 6 and pour. This video will show exactly how to pour accurate shot sizes.
If you are using, or plan to use Camtasia Studio 5 software to record screencasts, you definitely want to check out this tutorial. It covers the options to optimize your recordings so you get clearer video, smaller file sizes, and other enhancements like removing black bars, and dealing with camera video. Get the best quality & smallest file size in Camtasia.
Here is a tutorial on how to build a super mobster.
Great video to setup this collection of amazing LEGO version Super Heroes.
There are tons of materials you can use to make your own coasters, from wine corks to old magazines, but something as basic as concrete can look surprisingly sleek. These DIY concrete coasters by Blair over on Man Made DIY look great and are super cheap and easy to make. All you need is a box of quick set concrete, some plastic cups, sandpaper, and felt if you want to line the bottoms. The process is simple—just mix up the concrete in the cups, let it set, remove it, and sand down any rough e...
Just as how plastic grocery bags have many amazing reuses if you have a whole bunch of them stocked up in your home, the same goes for their papery counterparts as well.
In my free time, I like to program in an image programming language called Context Free. You can download it at www.contextfreeart.org for free.
Garden of Imagination describes how to make a miniature candy bar for a doll house. First find a photo of the type of candy bar you want online. Once you find the image you want right click the icon and select "copy". Open a new MS Word document and paste into it. It should be too big so right click the picture and go to hyperlink in the menu that pops up. If the picture has a hyperlink remove it so you can adjust the size. Once the hyperlink is removed click on the picture and boxes should s...
Super Mario Brothers! No, wait... Super Meat Boy! Yep, that's right. Meat. As in "cube" steak. As in a square piece of beef with eyes and a shitty grin, who just happens to be in love with a band-aid. I have no idea why. And no matter how shocked you are to see your dinner on your screen, it doesn't change the fact that this platform game is AWESOME!
A fun thing to do in knitting is to experiment by trying the same stitch on different sizes of needles. A thin yarn knitted on a small sized needle will look totally different than a thin yarn on a medium sized needle. On the small needle the stitches will be tight. On a medium sized needle they will be looser and more lacy. If you knit it on a large sized needle it will look even more different and, in fact, very holey.
I guess kids who spend their time playing super mario have now grown to be .. bigger kids that still play super mario. Great stop motion short.
Last night's screening of James Gunn's SUPER (with Rainn Wilson and Ellen page) was... wait for it... sssssssso great (though I was gong to say 'super' didn't you?). TIFF - MIDNIGHT MADNESS CONTINUES!
