Category: Projects

  • Plasmania!!!!

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    EvaB
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    DIYode recently got a shiny new cherry red plasma cutter! Our President,  Simon,  gleefuly made short work of an available spare 1/4 inch metal disc we happened to have around.                 …which is now threatening our very existence…          

  • Matt’s Wood Bowl

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    Recently, Alex Ciccone did a series of wood lathe workshops.  Several lovely bowls and pens were turned.  This inspired Matt Harding to get started on his own project. With a few types of wood he found at the shop, he sawed, planed, glued, clamped and glued again to make a solid multi-toned block  from which…

  • Lantern Making

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    Mark Zander
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    I have been going to the Kensington Market Winter Solstice off and on for a very long time. It’s always a fun evening in the dark with hundreds of other people and all those Lanterns! This year we were finally able to make it to the Lantern making workshop. Here is my first attempt. Not…

  • The Wood Lathe

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    EvaB
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    With his wood lathe that Alex Ciccone has generously lent to DIYode, he has made some truly handsome items.               He has created this lovely turned bowl, the knife holder and the dimmer switch knob out of butternut.                        …

  • The CH-0 Blog. (Container House Zero)

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    Christoph Kesting
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    Is it worthwhile?   Can steel boxes be any part of a home which endevors to be off the grid & net zero? What is “Net Zero”?   Can a home grow its own green footprint on its roof & walls? Here’s a story of a 5 tonne piece of industrial waste that wants back.  Back…

  • More Fun With Lasers

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    Alex Storey
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    So my second serious project for the Laser Cutter was to create Acrylic cases for a number of loose collector coins I’ve accumulated over time. I started by creating my layouts in InkScape and saving them to DXF format which the LaserCut software will import. The basic pattern is three (3) layers of 2mm Acrylic…

  • Playing With The Laser Cutter

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    Alex Storey
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    So I tried out my first serious project with the laser cutter after several trial runs to figure out how it works. I downloaded the Spiderasaur schematics from Thingiverse ’cause I thought it looked kind of cool. Ultimately I want to do one in Acrylic but for a start I just did one in 1/8″…

  • Tool-Chest Made by Hand

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    AlexCiccone
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    After coming to terms with my woodworking addiction last summer, I started seeking a way to get a fix while at university. Luckily I happened upon DIYode! My first project was a tool chest, found in Tom Fidgen’s book “Made by Hand”. It’s made with poplar and walnut. For anyone interested in this plan, you’ll…

  • Rebuilding Computers

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    Simon Clark
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    Over the last year or so, we’ve had many computers donated to us in various states of non-function.  We have rebuilt many of these into functional systems, installed the latest Ubuntu Desktop linux on them, and are hoping to find homes for them where they can be of use. If you are having trouble affording…

  • New Workbench

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    Alex Storey
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    During our weekly Monday night DIYode meeting we built a new bench for the workshop.