Category
Explore creative maker projects, handmade creations, workshop builds, tools and supplies for makers, and fascinating videos showing talented people making amazing things.
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
Brian Yu of Dovetail spent six months designing, prototyping, and fabricating a working piano keyboard using 3D-printed parts. Its springy and compact mechanical keys are an engineering marvel, providing the movement, weight, and feel of an acoustic keyboard using compliant mechanisms. It uses IR sensors to detect motion and send it to a synthesizer.
Cosplayer Skoli5000 won Best in Show at the 2026 FanX Salt Lake Comic Convention for this incredible costume of Batman nemesis Mr. Freeze. The outfit is packed with details, including the tanks that keep Freeze on ice, his freeze ray, and a batarang sticking out of his back. You’ve got to admire the level of
Several years back, Colin Furze built a bicycle with a frame made from springs. In the interest of trying something different, Well Done Tips created a bike with wheels that have trampoline springs instead of spokes. It took some clever engineering to keep the wheels together, but riding on those bouncy wheels looks like another
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
Most 3D printers can only print fairly small objects. Elegoo’s OrangeStorm Giga 3D printer is big enough to output furniture. It has a massive build volume of 80 cm x 80 cm x 100 cm (31.5″ x 31.5″ x 39.4″), and is well-priced at just $2500. It can also print from up to four nozzles
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
Mad scientists in old-timey monster movies always had mysterious lab equipment that lit up and shot arcs of electricity between their towers. While this build from Van Oaks Props skips the lightning effects, it’s still a clever piece of Halloween decor, especially when you consider it cost just $16 to build, mostly using stuff found
HOZO’s cordless NeoSander is ideal for detail sanding on 3D prints, models, wood, metal, and more. The lightweight tool uses high-speed reciprocating motion for precise, controlled finishing and runs up to 240 minutes per charge. This bundle includes a charging dock, USB-C cable, sanding-paper kit, and 64 color-coded sanding heads in eight grits from 180
Designed for serious makers, the xTool X1 combines five kinds of lasers in one machine, saving space while expanding material options. It pairs a 55W CO₂ laser and 20W diode laser with a four-axis motion system capable of engraving at up to 6,000 mm/s. Optional Fiber, MOPA, and UV modules add versatility, while a die-cast
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.
The FlashForge CJ270 blends seven colors of resin as it prints to produce objects in full color in a single pass. It uses UV light to cure layers as it prints, and its supports dissolve in water for easy clean-up. It can output objects with 10 million possible colors at sizes up to 180 ×
