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With their big ugly welds, aluminum-framed mountain bikes generally aren’t quite as pretty as their carbon fiber or titanium counterparts. That said, the German-made Frace F160 is a huge exception, as its frame is milled from a solid block of aluminum…. Continue reading Gorgeous F160 mountain bike is milled from a single aluminum block
If there’s one place where you don’t want viruses or harmful bacteria to be present, it’s in hospitals, where people are already vulnerable. A new process could help, by allowing aluminum surfaces in such buildings to kill the bugs.Continue ReadingCate… Continue reading Surface treatment makes aluminum antiviral and antibacterial
In the race toward a future free from fossil fuels, hydrogen is rapidly gaining ground. On paper, hydrogen sounds fantastic — it’s clean-burning with zero emissions, the refuel time is much faster than electric, and hydrogen-fueled vehicles can go longer distances between refuels than their outlet-dependent brethren.
The reality is …read more
While production of the Tesla Cybertruck won’t start production until 2021 (at the earliest), you can always try to build your own. Unless you have a really big spare parts drawer, though, it probably won’t be full sized, but you can at least build a model if you have a …read more
Sand-casting metal parts is a technique that has been around for a very long time, but it can be educational to see the process from start to finish. That’s exactly what [Frederico] shows us with his sand-cast slingshot of his own design, and it’s not bad for what he says …read more
Continue reading Watch a Sand-Cast Slingshot Made, From Start To Finish
There’s a trinket called a dovetail cube, and [mitxela] thought it would make a fine birthday present. As you can see from the image, he was successful in creating a tiny version out of aluminum and brass. That’s not to say there weren’t challenges in the process, and doing it …read more
Continue reading DIY Tiny Dovetail Cube Needs DIY Dovetail Cutter
We’re not going to question why [Absorber Of Light] needs to cut a bazillion little fragments of aluminum stock. We assume his reasoning is sound, so all we’re interested in is the automated chop saw he built to make the job less tedious, and potentially less finger-choppy.
There are probably …read more
Continue reading Stepper-Controlled Chop Saw Automates a Tedious Job
Four times the holes, four times the trouble. With the fate of repetitive motion injury looming due to the need to drill 1,200 holes, [bitluni] took matters into his own hands and built this nifty DIY hole punch for light-gauge sheet metal.
A little backstory will probably help understand why …read more
Continue reading Punch Those Hole-Drilling Blues Away with a Homebrew Punching Tool
Every door needs a handle, even – especially – the door of a spaceship. And [Paul] from “Paul’s Garage” got the nod to fabricate the handle for the Apollo 11 Command Module hatch being built as part of Project Egress.
For those not familiar with Project Egress, it’s a celebration …read more
The ransomware attack on Norsk Hydro reported last week has so far cost the company NOK 300-350 million or around $40 million (€36 million). The company entered recovery mode on Tuesday, with some departments still operating manually. The Norwegi… Continue reading Ransomware blitzkrieg has already cost Norsk Hydro $40 million