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Making a Dead Blow Mallet

Making a Dead Blow Mallet

Ollari’s walks us through the process of transforming rough reclaimed wood into a gorgeous hand tool we’d be thrilled to have on our workbench. There are few things more satisfying on Earth than turning things on a lathe. Full build details on Instructables.

SculptureAcoustics Speakers

SculptureAcoustics Speakers
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These high-end speakers handcrafted in Spain are designed not only to look amazing, but for audiophile sound. We love the undulating, organic forms, and rich wood construction. The Chrysalis measure 38″ tall, while the Chrysalis Magna are 59″ tall, and rock a 15″ woofer.

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KucoDesign Concrete Lamp

KucoDesign Concrete Lamp
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A unique table lamp constructed from cast concrete. It provides a warm source of ambient light while casting cool shadows on your table and wall thanks to its numerous perforations. Takes a standard 40-watt E27 bulb, and measures 8.25″ high by 4.3″ across.

Globe Chess Board

Globe Chess Board

Product design student Ben Meyers and his dad David teamed up to build this amazing wooden chess set which lets them play on a spherical board. Magnets under each space allow the board turned without the pieces falling off.

Working Wooden Rollercoaster Model

Working Wooden Rollercoaster Model

Model maker Adam Throgmorton shows off an incredible build – an intricate HO-scale replica of an old-school wooden rollercoaster that not only looks awesome, but is fully functional. Though the speed it zooms around at seems implausibly fast if it were to be scaled up.

Mini Concrete Homes

Mini Concrete Homes
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Mumbai-based MaterialImmaterial makes these awesome little cast concrete sculptures which resemble tiny, squared-off buildings. They’re available individually, or sold in a set of nine with a wooden display base.

Waxed Canvas Tool Apron

Waxed Canvas Tool Apron
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Keep your tools or art supplies organized and on hand with this sturdy shop apron from UnderNYSky. Each one is handmade from heavy duty 18oz. waxed canvas and leather, has plenty of pockets, and a no-tie waist strap that’s easy to open and close from the front.

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The Birth of a Dugout Canoe

The Birth of a Dugout Canoe

The Northmen Guild (fka John Neeman Tools) made this short film showing engineer and wood craftsman Rihards Vidzickis making one of his specialties: a dugout canoe. The process took place over a few months. We just want that paddle.

Nixie Chess Set

Nixie Chess Set

A truly unique chess set that uses old-school nixie tubes as its game pieces. Each tube displays a symbol on top representing its position, and they glow without wires or plugs thanks to wireless inductive power. Also available as a DIY Kit for about $300 less.

Making an Espresso Pot

Making an Espresso Pot

This Old Tony was in the mood for a cup of espresso, only he didn’t have an espresso maker around. So being a highly resourceful craftsman, he decided to grab a couple of hunks of aluminum, and set to lathing and milling his own from scratch.

Scravis Creepy Mugs

Scravis Creepy Mugs
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Ceramicist Jo Scravis creates amazing clay mugs featuring gross, disfigured, and downright disturbing characters from our world and beyond. Each one of a kind work of art is wheel-thrown, then hand-sculpted and painted with food-safe glazes.

Making Handblown Sheet Glass

Making Handblown Sheet Glass

For many years, sheet glass was was made by blowing glass tubes, then cracking off the ends and scoring them, slowly reheating and cutting them open, then ironing them flat. This brief video from Bendheim Art Glass demonstrates the key steps of this nearly lost art.

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Beard Multitool

Beard Multitool
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Keep your facial hair tamed and tidy with miniFab’s Swiss Army-like grooming tool. It packs fine and wide-toothed combs as well as a dull blade for scooping their organic beard balm. Available in paduak, maple, walnut, or bamboo, all with bamboo blades.

Recycled Skateboard Coffee Table

Recycled Skateboard Coffee Table
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Skate or Design creates vibrant and functional home accessories and furniture from reclaimed skateboard decks. The highlight of their collection is this 40″ wide coffee table covered in colorful wood decks. A hidden steel frame underneath provides structure and rigidity.

Origin X Titanium Ring

Origin X Titanium Ring
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Richter Scale Rings makes unique jewelry that stands out from the crowd, offering truly masculine designs like this gunmetal grey titanium wedding band. We love the rounded square design, and the tiny holes which keep it lightweight and ventilated.

Precision Painting Ceramics

Precision Painting Ceramics

Video of the incrediblly steady hand of an artist from Japanese tableware company Kutani Choemon, as they embellish a ceramic dish with delicate linework, and floods of colored glaze that we were convinced would spill out of the lines, but miraculously don’t.

Making a Clock from Scratch

Making a Clock from Scratch

Clickspring edited down footage from their extensive 23-part video series of a long-term build which took them over 1,000 hours to create – an elegant, fully functional timepiece built entirely in their machine shop. Sit back and chill for the next 12 minutes of wonder.

Making a Kokeshi Doll

Making a Kokeshi Doll

We don’t usually play with dolls (just Funko figures), but we couldn’t resist sharing this video that showcases the craftsmanship that goes into handmaking these classic Japanese figurines. The part where artist Yasuo Okazaki applies the paint rings is just so satisfying.

Pinball Lamp Shades

Pinball Lamp Shades
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OutsideEdge Products creates these cool handmade lamp shades which each feature four miniature versions of the backglass art from classic pinball machines. Each shade measures 10 1/2″ h x 14 3/4″ w x 14 3/4″ d, and comes with black or white speckled borders.

Walnut Plateau Keycaps

Walnut Plateau Keycaps
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Give your keyboard an upgrade with these walnut wood keycaps from MechanicalleeKBs. They work with Cherry MX compatible keys, and are sold in sets of 4, so this could get expensive. We wish they sold a complete set with modifier keys and spacebar too.

Skateboard to Pocket Knife

Skateboard to Pocket Knife

Made By Skateboarding shows us the process of taking old skateboard decks, slicing, relaminating, and reworking the wood to transform them into new objects. In this case, we get a cool pocket knife we’d be proud to own. You can buy their knives here.

Pillbox Baseball Bats

Pillbox Baseball Bats
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Looking for a truly unique gift for a baseball fan? Pillbox Bat Co. creates these solid maple bats handpainted with a variety of neat designs. They’re coated with urethane so can actually be played with – though we wouldn’t want to risk a broken bat with our massive arm strength.

BlackDog Bottle Openers

BlackDog Bottle Openers
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We dig the roughhewn look of BlackDog Iron Works‘ hand-forged steel bottle openers. They’ve got a wire-brushed finish, a sueded leather tassle, and are sealed with beeswax. They’re available with stamped personalization, making them perfect groomsmen’s gifts.

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