Fascinating Lamps by Calabarte | Pondly
Calabarte is the pseudonym of a Polish artist named Przemek Krawczynski, whose art takes on a peculiar but incredibly beautiful form: cool lamps. The name itself is a portmanteau of two words – art (obviously), and calabash, the fruit that carries his imagination. The calabash is a bottle gourd originating in India, although Calabarte gets his supply from Senegal. Due to ancient domestication and usage, the bottle gourd has an incredibly tough outer shell. Due to the combination of dark, thick material with a light source within, the primary art of his work, however, shines in the dark. Hard work, beauty, an exceptional degree of detail and a marriage between mathematical geometry and a rampant imagination – all imprinted onto the husk of a Senegal calabash. Described as the art of light, Calabarte’s artistic tendencies truly took off in 2009, when he made his first gourd lamp, by chance of coming across a calabash. Website
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Hand Cut Double Dovetail Experiment - by Woodhacker
After admiring the double and double-double dovetail joints that are capable with the Incra and other jigs, I started thinking, “Why not try this by hand?” So this box is my first experiment with handcut double dovetails. It took me some time to figure out the joinery process, but once I realized a few things about this type of joint, it seemed do-able. It was quite challenging but also a ton of fun. In this blog, I’m focusing on the sides of the box, but here’s a few pictures of the nearly completed box - Materials.For this box’s sides I used three types of primary contrasting woods, although there is no real reason to do so. The picture below shows the rabbet joint cut on each end of each side – I set the rabbet depth at 1/8” and cut it on my router table. Below is a top-view picture of the pieces in relation to each other once they become integral to the box. The close-up below shows in more detail. The Tails.Most often I cut my tails first, pins second. Ready for pins – At last!
The DIY $20 brake bleeder
The $20 DIY Brake Pressure Bleeder You've heard me extol the songs of brakes and brake fluid, and how its important to change it every two years. I'd like to take credit for this idea, but I got it from this page. - Here's another one too. And his idea was good. Look, here's the same thing I made for less money.... wow $114.99 LESS!!! You'll need some basic hand tools and a Dremel with a stone cone-shaped bit or a drill and a set of bits. You'll want to use a NEW sprayer tank, don't go grabbing whatever you see in the shed, or was used last summer to kill weeds. This pressure bleeder will (like all of them) will fill your master cylinder up to the very top. last wheel your bleeding, to close the pressure line on the bleeder with the switch on the handle of the tank, and then vent the pressure in the tank. This little ditty will work wonders for your VW's brakes, or hydraulic clutch on your VR6 or Vanagon.. well, just about any European car! Home
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How to Build an Adirondack Lawn Chair - Plans for Building an Adirondack Chair
It's a good thing that so many plastic patio chairs are designed to stack, and the aluminum ones fold up flat. That means we can get them put away and stored out of sight as quickly as possible. But, if you think outdoor furniture should enhance your yard and garden, consider a chair that evolved on the porches of summer homes and resorts of upstate New York. Our version has come a long way from the early types that had flat backs and seats -- and, we've added a matching table so you'll have a stylish surface for cool drinks and a good book. If you're building more than one chair, it pays to make templates for parts like the side rails, arms and back rails. Model designed in Alibre Design Xpress. View a larger version of this animation or Download printable plans of the Adirondack chair and table. Making the Chair Seat Lay out the side-rail shape on your stock, cut to the lines with a jigsaw [1] and sand the edges smooth. Use a 1-in. Then install the outer two slats [8].
