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Maju T Works handcrafts elegant leather cases for a variety of uses. In this short video, they show how they made a custom leather case just for carrying packs of PEZ candy. It’s the ultimate luxury accessory for candy fiends, though we think it could use a space for storing a PEZ dispenser or two.
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
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
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.
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
Normally, a ukulele and a guitar are two different instruments. But maker and musician Mattias Krantz thought it would be fun to combine them. His transforming instrument has an expanding body and a retractable neck that lets it change shape on demand. Building it took a lot of experimentation and a little assistance from mechanical
This all-in-one machine from Cricut makes it easy to make your own full color stickers. The StickerPix Print + Cut works with a mobile app to print photos or graphics on sticker paper and automatically cut outlines to match. It prints on 4″ x 7″ sticker sheets or 4″ x 6″ photo paper, and includes
Toy cars are fun to play with, but they’re not very exciting just sitting on a shelf. To add a little life to his Hot Wheels, KhingExp created a tabletop display that makes it look like the car is driving along a road. It combines a tiny treadmill and interchangeable backdrops to add to the
The tool-making experts from MetMo dusted off a 1912 design for locking tweezers and improved it with modern engineering and manufacturing techniques. Their Precision Grip tweezers use a thumbwheel to lock tightly onto small objects, keeping them in the exact position that you want. Great for model-making, precision repairs, and other DIY tasks.
The xTool Omni O1 makes UV printing more accessible than ever. With automated object scanning, precise image placement, built-in filtration, and polished software, it prints vibrant, durable graphics directly onto everything from metal and glass to leather, canvas, acrylic, and ceramics. It requires regular maintenance, but if you take care of it, it will reward
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