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This lovely object is more than just an interesting gewgaw: It's called a "turner's cube"—so named, I think, because it is a challenge for one who turns on a lathe rather than eponymously—and according to Bob Warfield, "[i]n the old days, novice machinist's [sic] were handed one and told to work out how to make one of their own." Bob's got a cool page describing his efforts to make one manually and then using a CNC mill, with some bonus commentary on this thread by CNC Zone member widgitmaster, who made the cube pictured above, using the jig pictured above, on a big engine lathe. Beautiful!

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How ink is made!

A Chief Ink Maker shows how colour and ink is created from the raw ingredients--powder, varnish, and passion. Everything designers and printers need to know about the process, the challenges and joy of ink making.

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Building a wire turtle (video)...

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Propaganda flick from the National Association of Manufacturers, but it's fascinating stuff!

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The Chu-Ko-Nu is a 2,400-year-old Chinese repeating crossbow featuring a 10-shot magazine. It was a marvel of mechanical design that was still in use up until the era of gunpowder weapons. Make: Online reader Bjørn sent in a link to maker Leong Kit Meng's recreation of the Cho-Ko-Nu. The photos are nice, but the instructions and plans are fairly non-existent at least on this page. I found another site with more detailed instructions if you want to make your own.

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