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If you made a project at Fimbel Lab that you would like to share with us, we would love to feature it on this page!
Just fill out the "Submit a project" form and upload a short description of your work along with a few photos.
Staff Favorites
Here are some of the makers that inspire us!
Laura Kampf- Maker and hacker of all sorts of weird and wonderful devices- loves to repurpose and reuse things.
Jeremy Fielding Maker of "all things mechanical"
Simone Giertz- "Inventor and breaker of things"
Epic Cardboard Props As the title suggests, he can make pretty much anything out of cardboard—lots of cosplay and fantasy projects.
Woodshop Diaries -"a DIY blog with building plans and tutorials ranging from large furniture builds to small decor items."
Jorvon Moss - Aka "Odd Jayy". Makes robots and steampunk inventions.
Nerd Forge - Fun builds involving painting, bookbinding, gaming, and cosplay.
Xyla Foxin "Mechatronics engineer, pilot & Cessna 140 owner, woodworker, and creator of chaos."- Her latest project is a plane...what else can I say?
Mattias Wandel -An amazing woodworker and inventor
Blondihacks- "topics ranging from electronics, home-brew computing, machine shop work, welding/fabrication, 3D printing, and more."
Evan & Katelyn- "Resin, woodworking, 3D printing, home makeovers, CAT PROJECTS, sometimes practical stuff, sometimes totally unnecessary but fun stuff."
TUTORIALS
COSTUMES & PROP MAKING
SKS Props- This maker has a lot of really great FREE costume and prop templates, along with tutorials on how to use them.
Cardboard Costumes - This artist creates amazing things with cardboard and offers templates for sale.
PAPER MACHE
Ultimate Paper Mache- You'll find paper mache recipes, tutorials, and patterns here.
WOODWORKING
Woodshop Diaries- Great tutorials and projects for all levels of woodworking.
SEWING
Sewing 101-Ultimate Beginners Guide-
This video covers how to:
thread a machine
wind a bobbin
Sew a simple hem
Add an elastic to a piece of clothing
Take in the waistband of your pants
Sew a button hole
Gather fabric
HAND EMBROIDERY
Online Tools
SEWING
Plushify patterns for plushies and stuffed animals
Freesewing.eu -This site has many sewing patterns, that can be customized by uploading your measurements into their pattern-making tool. The tool will generate a new version of the pattern with your specific dimensions!
Dr-cos.info- A great resource to find all sorts of patterns (most are free some are for pay) for anything from shirts to skirts to hats to full costumes in a range of styles and sizes with guides and tutorials to boot.
LASER CUTTING
Jigsaw puzzle generator -Makes jigsaw puzzles that can
be lasercut
Boxes.py -Generates files for laser-cut boxes
Makercase -Generates files for laser-cut boxes
makeabox.io -Use this online tool to design laser-cut
boxes
templatemaker - this tool creates designs for papercraft,
but could also be used for materials such as cardboard.
Cuttle XYZ -Templates for laser-cut objects
3D PRINTING
Makerworld - A great resource for free, downloadable 3D
models
SUPPLIES
FABRIC & SEWING SUPPLIES
FabScrap Affordable fabric that otherwise would have been destined for a landfill
Swansons A random assortment of affordable fabrics and notions
Paper City Fabrics "A fabric thrift store where all fabric is $4 a yard"
Mood Fabrics- A great resource for free patterns & tutorials. They also sell a huge variety of fabric!
Osgoods - an amazing old-school textile supplier! Visit in person or shop online.
ELECTRONICS
DigiKey They have pretty much any electrical component you can think of. Their website can be a little overwhelming to navigate, it is helpful to know what you want in advance.
Adafruit Lots of microcontrollers, sensors and kits.
Sparkfun Another great resource for microcontrollers, sensors, electronic components and more.
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