Did you know you can use grout as an inlay material into wood? We experimented with both a traditional power tool and a CNC to make patterns in wood that we filled with Fusion Pro grout in bright white. Here is the Adobe Illustrator file I created: Ben Uyeda Inlay Pattern. Check out the free […]

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WARNING! Working with electricity is dangerous. This project is a demonstration of how to design your own lamp but all electrical tasks should be performed by a professional electrician. This DIY dimmable lamp is made out of copper pipes; we experimented with two different ways of making this light dimmable. We used a traffic cone […]

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WARNING! Working with electricity is dangerous. This project is a demonstration of how to design your own lamp but all electrical tasks should be performed by a professional electrician. This DIY dimmable lamp is made out of copper pipes; we experimented with two different ways of making this light dimmable. We used a traffic cone […]

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This DIY outdoor bar with concrete countertops was made out of 2″ x 1/8″ steel angels that were welded together. We used Quickrete countertop mix to make the poured-in-place countertops. The lower shelves are made out of a tropical hardwood called Cumaru. I bought these 1″ x 5½” Cumaru deck boards from Advantage Lumber. This […]

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This DIY outdoor dining table can be made using just three power tools; a circular saw, cordless drill and orbital sander were the only power tools I needed to make this table out of tigerwood. I bought these 1″ x 5½ tigerwood deck boards from Advantage Lumber. This wood is very dense and naturally resists […]

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This DIY modern dining table features custom steel table legs that are made out of 3″ x 3″ x 3/16″ steel angles and an oak table top made out of ¾” thick back from Home Depot. The steel legs were cut with an angle grinder and then welded together with a small Mig welder. We […]

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We 3D printed three different parts of the fire pit and then made silicone molds of the prints using Moldstar 30. We used Quikrete 5000 concrete mix in the silicone molds to make the final blocks for the fire pit. All of the 3D modeling was done in Autodesk fusion software which is free to […]

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This DIY Outdoor Sofa was made out of Cumaru deck boards and uses pre-made cushions from Target. If you want to make less expensive version you could alter the design for 2x6s instead of using a tropical hardwood. We used 1” thick tropical hardwood deck boards from Advantage Lumber. The boards are about 5.5” wide […]

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I bought these 2″ thick slabs of bluestone from my local stone yard that are 1-foot by 5-feet. I put a 7″ diameter diamond blade on my 7 1/4″ circular saw to cut the stone. This project took about 3 hours to make and cost about $120. TOOLS: RYOBI Circular Saw Available at Home Depot […]

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