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Special K’s Beer Candles create delightfully fragrant, hand-poured soy candles in recycled aluminum cans. Their collection focuses on craft beer, but they also have hard seltzer cans and Mountain Dew for caffeine addicts. They come in great scents like Fresh Linen, Coastal Cypress, Key Lime, and Sunflower and Sunshine. They also accept custom orders.
Cedar and Stone Garden makes functional modern accessories using concrete. Their handmade tape dispensers add a splash of color to any desk. They come in over 20 colors and are weighty enough to not slide around when you grab a piece of tape. If you’re looking to overhaul your office more, be sure to check
We’ve seen guitars made from all sorts of materials, but this is the first one we’ve come across that was made out of stone. BeBeau Builds shows how he created a unique acoustic guitar using thick slabs of slate that he cut into geometric shapes. It took a lot of trial and error to get
This metal card packs six functions. For drawing, it has a straight edge, a protractor, and a compass. In addition to its ruler and angle markings, it can measure material thickness, hole diameters, and hex nuts and bolts. A notch on one edge makes it easy to carry in a spiral notebook. Choose from stainless
Burls Art has built guitars out of everything from newspaper to jawbreakers. This time he made a guitar with a body and neck made of… nothing. Making this unique electric guitar involved assembling tensioned aircraft cables and metal brackets to hold together its strings, frets, bridge, and electronics. It’s tricky to keep in tune, but
Apple doesn’t make furniture, but if they did, it might look something like this. HTX Studio created what they call the AirDesk, a unique desk with a transparent screen that acts as a secondary display, with visible computer components underneath. Powered by a Mac Mini, it also has an X/Y gantry that moves a wireless
This all-in-one machine from Cricut makes it easy to make your own full color stickers. The StickerPix Print + Cut works with a mobile app to print photos or graphics on sticker paper and automatically cut outlines to match. It prints on 4″ x 7″ sticker sheets or 4″ x 6″ photo paper, and includes
Intocoasters created a replica of the T-800 Terminator’s metal skeleton, complete with animated movements. They started with LayerLux3D’s face-tracking 3D model of the machine and added a number of modifications to make its jaw move and syncronize its movements with an interactive chatbot. It took a lot of experimentation to get its chrome finish just
Maju T Works handcrafts elegant leather cases for a variety of uses. In this short video, they show how they made a custom leather case just for carrying packs of PEZ candy. It’s the ultimate luxury accessory for candy fiends, though we think it could use a space for storing a PEZ dispenser or two.
The tool-making experts from MetMo dusted off a 1912 design for locking tweezers and improved it with modern engineering and manufacturing techniques. Their Precision Grip tweezers use a thumbwheel to lock tightly onto small objects, keeping them in the exact position that you want. Great for model-making, precision repairs, and other DIY tasks.
Latves Design handcrafts these eye-catching valet and jewelry trays from walnut wood and resin. The blue and green versions look evoke rivers and lakes, while the red and black look like molten and cooled lava. The trays come in three sizes: 3.3″ x 6.2″, 4.7″ x 7.8″, and 6″ x 9.4″. They also sell wood
After creating a 3D-printed pinball machine, Steven from the 3D Printer Academy came up with an improved version that can be expanded and reconfigured using interlocking square modules. The design uses a gridded play area with threaded connectors for placing ramps, flippers, and obstacles. STL files for printing your own are coming to Kickstarter soon.
