Source: Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers
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In this Ultimate Handyman episode, he runs through a number of common (and not so common) methods for freeing stubborn and downright frozen hex head bolts. The chisel method (of biting a chisel blade into the head and hammering it free) is shown above.
I’m in the process of building some 20mm billboards for a Gaslands terrain board. In doing research, I ran into this method of printing billboard art onto tissue paper (that’s been secured to a regular piece of paper and run through your printer). Allegedly, doing this and then securing the tissue to a piece of balsa wood with spray adhesive gives your billboard a realistic painted-on and faded effect. Can’t wait to try this.
Anyone who’s done any scale modeling and “kit bashing” is probably familiar with the term “greeblie,” coined by George Lucas to refer to all of the misc parts that are glued onto spaceship (and other) models to add interest, depth, texture, and to create a sense of narrative even across the surfaces of things like the Star Wars Death Star. In this little video, Adam introduces us to the most iconic model kit that has given birth to thousands of greeblied creations. The kit…
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