As the host of one of the most satisfying woodworking channels on YouTube, Frank Howarth of Frank Makes tends to seamlessly balance interesting wood projects with clever videography skills regardless of the challenges from either thrown at him. To date, the Portland, Oregon-based Howarth has recorded and shared the build process of everything from lawn…
12 centuries on and the Vikings are still a subject that looms large in our imaginations. Blonde, powerfully built men with horned helmets, nostrils flaring with aggression, weapon wielding to descend and capture. On a not-so-well-known note researchers assert that the weapon a Viking brought to his grave was a measure of his social standing. A more ordinary Viking would be buried with an axe or a knife, you needed to be one of the elite to be buried with a lance or a sword but it was only the gifted who were buried with their bow and arrow. In this article we will be paying special attention to the Viking bow and arrow which was the weapon of choice when attacking from a distance or during nautical battles to clear the deck.
I love new types of Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs). When it comes to demonstrating design projects, you typically need both hands – unless you’re a badass who can fold origami cranes with one hand like it’s nothing. Now imagine trying to capture images while simultaneously working on a dual-wielding project. Yeah, it’s not that easy,…
This week’s Spotify-powered SolidSmack Radio Playlist knocks you in the pop sockets with head-boppin’ groove tuneage to help propel you through the work week in style. Whether you find yourself inking markers until they’re dry, grinding material through a bandsaw or working that 3D geometry all day, consider these tracks as a tool for your…
Although they started out in 2004 as an “artistic company anchored in snowboarding”, Signal Snowboards has since become synonymous with a less-traditional medium for building boards and other structures – cardboard. In partnership with LA-based Ernest Packaging, the snowboard company’s Cardboard Chaos series of videos has been exploring the structural limits of cardboard and how…