DIY projects by ml+ml
Looking for gift ideas for the new year, and not having a lot of time to take care of it this year, we decided to create a few personalised engraved bookmarks. The theme we thought about is based on nature
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It was finally summer in the UK and we were spending more time on our balcony. Unfortunately our table had spent more than 2 years outside and the top was so crooked that you could hardly place a glass on
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In contrast to may of our other projects, this was more driven by the motivation to make it than by necessity. We came across this wonderful instructable for a laser cut machinist toolbox and thought we can make it with
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Our beautiful salt and pepper mills needed a nice place to rest when not in use. Since salt and pepper also fall down directly on the table we decided to make a fitted wooden rest … The rest is made
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A simple project … Born out of necessity. The bowl was modelled with 3d software to get a feeling for how it may look in perspective. This allowed us also to create cutting paths for the laser cutter.
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Our kitchen does not have any windows and only indirect natural light. To give the feeling of larger space and reflecting some light we created the illusion of a window. To start we bought an inexpensive mirror with a plasticky
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We wanted to make a simple looking clock made out of wood meant to be a gift. We choose bamboo wood as we like the wood structure and its natural look. To make life easy we bought an inexpensive wall
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Looking for Christmas/New Years gift ideas, we came across some examples of laser cut wooden book covers and decided this could be a great start for personalised presents. The whole project started weeks before the Holidays with creating the original
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We had those two table lamps made out of paper and wood, bought in a decoration store, that we really liked. Unfortunately, they did not survive shipping to our new flat! They arrived completely destroyed, the paper ripped apart and
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Since the sun shines very brightly into our office we decided it would be a good idea to have a room divider screen to block it. The idea was to go for an easy design with not too much work.
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In need of a solution for hanging everyday clothes in the bedroom a valet stand seemed to be perfect. We do not like the classical style so we created a modern and clean design. We made the design in Fusion
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Just a quick post, to show off some of our old projects. This jewellery holder in the shape of a house was a birthday present and an idea found on the internet. The front and the two sides were cut
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A small star mobile, meant as a present and decoration for a bed room. Laser cut out of 3mm thick birch plywood, slightly sanded and left without any finish. To mount it to the ceiling a thin white thread was
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When we only had one desk in our apartment it was necessary to be able to move my tools like soldering station, extractor fan, etc. out of the way in case we needed the desk for something else. Therefore we
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Having a few raspberry pis lying around the idea was born that it would be nice to have a wifi radio. Of course this needs to have a normal display and it should be easy to change the stations. Not
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For a birthday present for a little girl, who just started learning letters in school, we tried to find an idea which would be decorative for a kids room and educational at the same time. Learning letters with animal pictures
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What do you do when you need to put a normal and 3D-printer somewhere and you do not have a lot of space? Of course, you build a shelf which has room for both of them … The printer shelf
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In need of some decorative shelving for out living room, we though it would be a nice idea to build some shelving which is easy to make, but also not too boring. Somewhere we saw this style of ‘asymmetric’ shelves
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We were looking for a small Christmas present that can be sent by postal mail… the idea came of a candle paper shade. It can be sent flat in an envelop, and is ready to be put together by our
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While the layered chairs were drying from the glueing and before we felt like starting to sand them we thought we could use some left overs and already cut out pieces to build a little foot rest for the desk.
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After seeing a similar lamp in one of the shops around town , we thought they look cool and certainly we are able to make one ourselves with the tools which are available to us. Especially with the CNC router
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Looking for an idea of gift for a Tim Burton fan, we thought about making some coasters based on a character from the “Nightmare before Christmas” movie. We first prepared some drawings of the facial expression of that character. Then
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A little project, which was supposed to be quick, but in the end took a couple of weeks. Because if you varnish wood with oil based varnish it takes a while until it dries and does not smell anymore …
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A collection of business card holders made out of different kinds of wood. Not only protect these holders your business cards in your pocket but they also make a nice business card stand for your desk. They can are customised
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This is the second of the series. After finishing the first lamp we thought it might be nice to have a complementing one for our living room. Both lamps where supposed to have the same style, but their shape is
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