Most of us look inside a trash bin and find a pile of hot garbage, but not Studson from Studson Studio. He finds creativity in the strangest of places, and that includes his own waste (you know what I mean). Last Christmas, inspiration instructed him to create a horror of a present: a remote-controlled train engine with the visage of DreamWorks’ Shrek on the front. Think Thomas The Tank Engine; only this one is fueled by nightmares instead of coal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-yVbfRGUUo&t=439s&ab_channel=StudsonStudio Rather than taking the easy route by using a toy train engine, Studson made his train base using an old RC car. He chopped a pair of wheels off…
We’ve seen countless times how epoxy resin can be used to cure and create numerous pieces of art, but what else can it be used for? How about fixing and replacing sewage pipes? https://www.tiktok.com/@kennethkaas/video/6864977837791792390 Professional Norwegian plumber Kenneth Kass thought up an ingenious way to use mixed polymers. Instead of using heavy machinery to dig up and change old pipes, he fills them with epoxy resin to replace them from the inside. The process starts with Kass inspecting the bad pipe with a small camera. Leaking and odors are telltale signs that the pipe needs to be cleaned or replaced. Once the inspection is done, the pipe is cleaned to…
In these times of uncertainty and COVID (mostly COVID), it’s hard to remember how things used to be. Activities that used to be mundane, such as eating in restaurants or going to a movie theater, feel like things of the past, forever lost to memory. Eager to give some hope in these trying times, Korean 3D pen artist Sanago and calligrapher Lee Eun-hee collaborated on a piece that highlighted their best work. The art in question is the Korean characters for “everyday life,” suspended on strings and covered in moss. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjDNs2NZTGM&ab_channel=%EC%82%AC%EB%82%98%EA%B3%A0Sanago Eun-hee provided the characters for the project. Using a “meok,” or ink cake, she carefully wrote out the letters…
If you want to make your steel projects stand out, you might consider bluing them. “Bluing” – the process by which steel is darkened – is more than a way of coloring metal. It also protects the steel, preventing it from oxidizing and rusting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Sty5upsadY&ab_channel=mymechanicsinsights Swiss YouTuber My Mechanics Insights shows the two methods he uses to blue his steel: hot bluing and cold bluing. Considering the size and structure of the steel you’re working with; you might prefer one technique over the other. What Is Hot Bluing? The easier of the two methods, hot bluing only requires some degreasing agent, a heating apparatus (a blow torch is perfect for…
Proxies are central in ensuring proper protection and anonymity while online. But everyone doesn’t use the same proxy as the type of proxy you lean toward would depend largely on what kind of operations you perform online. For instance, some people perform highly sensitive operations requiring well-guarded internet protocol (IP) addresses and locations. These people may then need to use dedicated or private proxies to ensure that the reputation of their IPs is always intact as they surf the web. Such reputation is not necessary for other users as their operations may need to be at a much lower cost. For this group of people, a semi-dedicated proxy would suffice.…
As the timeless fairy tale Jack and The Beanstalk would have you know, buying stuff is cool but growing your own stuff is even cooler. Then again, growing that beanstalk led to him stealing a golden goose which led to him buying more stuff, so maybe that isn’t the best example. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fei-uMvRJI&ab_channel=TheKiwiGrower A good example though, is this water bottle made by a New Zealand-based YouTuber known only as TheKiwiGrower. With a handful of bottle gourd seeds (also known as a calabash), he spent about a year growing and cultivating his plants before using them to store water. It isn’t the most time-efficient method of creating a water bottle, mind…