Man Made DIY

I'm glad there's no commandment that states, "Thou shall not covet the idea of that guy you learned about on the internet that made a kickass paper sculpture of a spray can shooting a buncha colors."

According to Lunchboxes.com, a tiffin box is for a "Tiffin," a "lunch, or any light meal. It originated in British India, and is today found primarily in Indian English. The word originated when Indian custom superseded the British practice of an afternoon dinner, leading to a new word for the afternoon meal. 

The stacked design corresponds to exactly how I love to eat lunch: a little serving of lots of stuff, in order… read more

Clever. Light-providing. Upcycled. Handmade.

There's only one problem with this DIY pendant chandelier project.… read more

Guess what! You can make a super efficient Stirling engine from two soda cans!

"Awesome," you'll no doubt say. And then...

(beat.)

"What's a Stirling engine?"

Turns out, it's a super-efficient type of engine that converts heat into energy using cyclic compression, meaning it continually feeds itself energy by "compressing cool gas, heating the gas, expanding the hot gas, and finally cooling the gas before repeating the cycle."

Like this:

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As it turns out, a standard 14 - 15 ounce can of veggies or tomato sauce has nearly the same diameter as the internal cardboard ring of a roll of masking tape. So, it makes a perfect roll on which to build all kinds of DIY tape dispensers.

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