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What home printer is capable of printing on board book pages
I am interested in making books myself for my child and for holiday gifts. ; I want to do it all myself and avoid going through a commercial printer. What sort of printer would I need to accomplish this? Would I have to print and then bind the pages…
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How can I avoid fungus in an alien water tank?
I am building an animatronic alien inside a transparent plastic cylinder. The cylinder is filled with water and a few drops of green ink. The problem I have is: in a few days, the water fills with algae and becomes moldy. I have tried some mixtures…
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How to protect a diamond ring so the stones don't fall out when it takes a knock
In the past I loved this silver ring I purchased in india, with a square top part and clustered with around 25 tiny diamonds. Unfortunately the odd diamond fell out after the ring took some knocks and I fell out of love with it.
So my g/f recently…
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Eco Friendly Alternative to Felt
I have made several toys using acrylic felt and I think the variety and options available in felt is beautiful. Recently I have been more conscious of my impact on the environment and I was wondering if anyone has tried doing "typical felt crafts"…
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Can these tree trunks be used for a small table?
The other day I found these two sections of a tree trunk in the street. So I'm wondering, can they be prepared to be used as some type of rustic stump table?
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How can I attach balloon decorations to a painted wall?
I have attached 5 balloons together to create a balloon flower and need to stick it up on a wall with a painted surface.
I have tried putty, tape, glue dots without any success. It will stay on the wall for a few minutes then fall down. Sometimes it…
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How can I know what chemicals are there in a 'hue', for example viridian hue?
Often, some harmful pigments are replaced by a safer 'hue' version. But what exactly is there in this hue colour? Is one supposed to blindly trust the manufacturer on this? There is no specification on the colour tube itself.
I am using a paint…
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What are the common causes for sticky harness needles?
Frequently I'm finding that my harness needles are too difficult to pull through by hand, and I have to resort to pliers, which means putting down the awl. Slows down the process a bit.
What I'm using:
4-5 oz veg-tan
Size 4 harness needles…
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Gluing metal to glass
What type of glue is ideal for gluing metal to glass? The metal piece is fairly heavy. The glass sheet will lay vertical such that the adhesive will have to contend with gravity (weight of the metal piece).
There is also the possibility of mild…
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Can anybody identify this clay?
One of my friends found a bunch of clay in their basement, still sealed, but outside of the original package. However, I am unable to figure out what kind of clay it is. I've checked the EberhardFaber site, but they no longer seem to sell this…
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What's the name of this type of acrylic?
I recently came across Love Hulton's amazing work and was especially impressed by the aesthetic of the pearly acrylic front of the datorbox. I saw the same material being used for fashioning guitar pickguards but could not find any information on it…
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Is there a way to make a complex model easier to fold during the learning phase?
I'm trying to learn how to fold Won Park's dollar-bill koi, but even with his Youtube video correcting his diagramming mistakes and the series of videos demonstrating how to fold it, I'm not getting anywhere.
Is there a way to make a complex model…
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Which of these pictures is more abstract?
Let's consider the two following illustrations from the NASA posters collection:
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N°2
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My questions are:
Would it make sense to state that one of these picture is more abstract, in an artistic…
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mixing cement with plaster?
I have heard that adding a small amount of cement to plaster produces a stronger plaster. I’ve also read one report of this failing miserably. Does anyone here have experience with this?
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Drawing human or animal bodies which aren't too realistic
The girl in this picture doesn't look like a "real" girl but she does look
like a human female without visible defects (improperly placed eye/arm) etc.
What do I need to learn to draw and paint such figures which represent humans or animals but…
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