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Speedy Metals
Tip: Speedy Metals is a great place for ordering small quantities of metals for your projects. I've ordered brass tube stock, 7075-T6 aircraft-grade aluminum, and tool steel f... Read More
Comments: 1
Type(s): Raw Material, Web Site
Tags: raw+metal metal brass steel cast+Iron aluminum

Grey Tape or Muffler Tape
This stuff is amazing and has saved my bacon a number of times. I've used it for fixing all manner of things--from its intended purpose of holding a muffler together until I r... Read More
Comments: 1
Type(s): Art Supply, Electronics/Gadget, Hand Tool, Household Product, Raw Material, Travel and Outdoors
Tags: muffler+tape grey+tape huskytape pvc tape

Green Garbage Grabber Instructable
I love this Instructable for how to make a simple garbage picker-upper. While, of course, it would be wonderful if it encouraged people to help clean up the streets, parks, an... Read More
Type(s): Hand Tool, Raw Material
Tags: garbage grabber litter

Solstice Sipper
If celebrating the winter solstice is more in your line of things, the night won't be complete without some homemade mead. Follow the instructions here, and you can raise your... Read More
Type(s): Raw Material, Tip
Tags: mead recipe how-to

Perfume Made Easy
I'm not a fan of most commercial perfumes (they don't really smell like anything in particular), and neither, apparently, is Instructables user Rapiertwit. Check out this nice... Read More
Type(s): Raw Material, Tip
Tags: perfume solid how-to

Controlled Bleaching with Discharge Paste
Yes, the name is terrible and the stuff is white and gooey, which makes it even more wrong. But it's pretty damn cool, so you just accept it and move on towards greatness. ... Read More
Type(s): Art Supply, Raw Material
Tags: bleach stencil discharge+paste art

Sunk Sink
OK, this is fun: say your sink is clogged. It just won't drain right, and you're constantly having to stop what your doing to let the water level sink enough to wash the dishe... Read More
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Type(s): Raw Material, Tip
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Rare Earth Magnets
By now many people have been exposed to wonders of neodymium rare earth magnets; they've been around in various forms since the mid-1960s. As the years go by, these magnets ... Read More
Type(s): Raw Material
Tags: magnet magnets neodymium rare+earth rare+earth+magnets neodymium+magnets

3M Dual Lock Reclosable Fasteners
Similar to hook-and-loop (velcro) but much stronger, this self-mating fastener relies on hundreds of tiny interlocking mushroom heads to form its bond. With five times the ... Read More
Comments: 1
Type(s): Art Supply, Electronics/Gadget, Household Product, Office Supply, Organizing Tool, Raw Material
Tags: hook+and+loop fastener dual+lock 3M velcro hook loop

iVod case for iPod
My name is Jason, and I'm an addict. I'm hooked on Argentine leather, quality craftsmanship, and amazing electronics cases. Years ago, when I bought a Handspring Visor D... Read More
Type(s): Electronics/Gadget, Raw Material
Tags: case ipod ivod leather

Minwax High Performance Wood Hardener
This is as much an invitation to experiment as a review. Minwax Wood Hardener is an obnoxious-smelling, toxic, flammable, watery-thin fluid used to treat weathered or r... Read More
Comments: 2
Type(s): Household Product, Raw Material, Tip
Tags: wood hardener experiment

NADH
To call whatever my problem is "attention deficit disorder" probably does a grave disservice to medically distracted persons everywhere, but I've known for years now that some... Read More
Comments: 5
Type(s): Raw Material
Tags: nadh attention

Elmer's Wood Filler
I build a lot of models from balsa and basswood. These are grainy, porous woods that soak up paint and look awful unless filled and sanded. I've tried a lot of fillers through... Read More
Comments: 1
Type(s): Household Product, Raw Material
Tags: wood filler elmer's

Mylar Backed Sanding Film
This stuff has been around forever, but few people seem to know about it. It's like sandpaper, but the abrasives are based on a plastic film. You can roll it, fold it, and wet... Read More
Type(s): Hand Tool, Household Product, Power Tool, Raw Material
Tags: sandpaper mylar

Plasti Dip
Plasti Dip International has a range of maker-friendly rubber coating products (like Super Grip Fabric Non-Skid Fabric Coating and Liquid Tape Electrical Brush-On Insulation),... Read More
Type(s): Raw Material
Tags: rubber coating, plastic coating

Apoxy Sculpt
Most people are familiar with plumber's epoxy putty...mix two parts together, cures rock hard in 20 minutes. Unfortunately, it's usually sold in small quantities at a relativ... Read More
Type(s): Art Supply, Raw Material
Tags: epoxy

Vinyl Film
Five years ago, I wanted a clear protector for my iPod that worked just like the sticker that Quickie-Lube puts in my car windshield. So I went to my local craft store to see ... Read More
Type(s): Office Supply, Raw Material
Tags: clear protect

Gaffer's Tape
Move over duct tape — Gaffer's tape is as versatile as its space-age cousin, but looks nicer and doesn't leave behind a sticky, messy residue when it's pulled up. Absolut... Read More
Comments: 2
Type(s): Art Supply, Hand Tool, Household Product, Raw Material, Toy
Tags: tape