MakerWeekend

Copper Firelog Heater Plans

mwwriter — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:46:03 +0000

Quite awhile ago I made a cool little alcohol stove shaped like long cylinder. I made an instructable and it went over really well. I entered the instructable into a contest and it won! Anyways, the instructable is broken right now so I wanted to post a little infographic about how the FireLog is constructed. Enjoy!

Firelog Heater PDF PLANS

Here is the old YouTube video of the final result

Miniature Kalimba

mwwriter — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:57:21 +0000

This is a tiny electric kalimba I’ve made. It has a piezoelectric pickup inside that turns vibrations into varying electrical current. This current can be pickup via the 3.5mm headphone jack and amplified with a guitar amp or an ipod speaker.

Latest Projects Roundup

mwwriter — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:14:57 +0000

Sorry for the delay in posts. In order to prove that I am, in fact, still alive, I’m going to post a few of my latest projects.

This is Hei Tiki I carved. My friends at the Nawbin bead shop have called them “screamers” so I’ll go with that. I carved this for Craig at NativeShell.com as part of a trade. Craig, you do fantastic work!

I’ve made two more pocket knives also.

These are some carving knives I’ve made. One is just a straight knife, the other is a small spoon carving knife.

Miniature Pocket Katana 2.0!

mwwriter — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:47:47 +0000

Here’s another katana I’ve made. You can see my how-to video here.

How To Make A Miniature Katana

mwwriter — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:06:52 +0000

Ever wanted to have a samarai sword? Not willing to be accused of having a weird weapon obsession? Then the pocket katana is for you! Finally, a tiny sword that you can stealthily carry with you everyday and practice with at your desk. The ninjas would be proud of this secret weapon.

The blade is wicked sharp! It’s great for shredding sheets of paper and showing fruits and vegetables whose boss.

A great website about japanese swordsmithing

Here is a to-scale PDF of the handle and knife pattern

How To Make Cord Out Of Natural Materials

mwwriter — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:14:58 +0000

via http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-Great-Cordage-Out-Of-Grass/

New Etsy Stuff!

mwwriter — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 23:58:47 +0000

Finally, I’ve decided to actually put something up on my etsy store. Lately, the theme in the workshop has been Maori/ hawaiian hooks. Below you will find a few preview images, but make sure to check out all the pictures of the hooks on my etsy store!

Etsy store for these items: http://www.etsy.com/shop/ReGlass?ref=pr_shop_more

How To Make A ‘Messenger Binder’

mwwriter — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 20:44:16 +0000

Becuase I can! Mwahahahah!

How To Make A Miniature Working Musket

mwwriter — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 16:00:34 +0000

This is a video I made demonstrating the process of miniature gun making. I thought I was alone in my fascination, but I posted some video of one of my miniature guns on instructables.com and people really liked it. Apparently the world is full of weirdos who, like me, enjoy shooting holes in cardboard boxes. Thanks internet!

Below are links to the exact materials and tools I used for this project

How to carve a half bone/ half wood Maori Hook

mwwriter — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 23:25:19 +0000

Check this out:

Fingers are overrated

via http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-carve-A-Maori-Hook-Pendant-Video/

I’ve been working on this video for, like,…all day. Well, it’s not a Picasso BUT it’s probably the second online video in the world that actually shows how to make these hooks. I think that’s called “niche” blogging. A very very small niche (I don’t know about you but niche makes me think a small crack in the sidewalk)

I think I see ‘makerweekend.com’

Anyways, I really hope you can carve one of these sometime. They’re a blast to make and they look super ~~manly~~ awesome.

The least expensive bone I’ve found is actually for sale on amazon. A jewelers saw also works great if you don’t have a bandsaw. I have the jewelers saw below (I stripped the black paint off my handle) and it works great with 8/0 size blade.

The pattern for the hook is here bonewoodmaorihook1