Although coconut shells do have some well established niche market uses such as novelty swimwear and small caged-pet shelters, I can’t help but to feel as though too many of them are going to waste. The New Altoids Tin? No I don’t mean as a mint holder, but as an improvised homebrew electronics project enclosure. […]

Make a Uke lamp.

Update: Finkbuilt reader Phil points out that the author of this lamp piece, c.c Beck, is another famous Marvel Comics refugee who ended up working for Fawcett after they absorbed and dismantled Marvel. Here is an interview with Charles Clarence Beck

Phill says:

A little correction, AFAIK neither C. C. Beck (or Otto Binder) ever worked for Marvel Comics

The final installment of building a ukulele from a kit.

Part 4 of building a ukulele from a kit. An experiment in pearl inlay

Part 3 of Building a ukulele from a kit. Gluing on the neck and fretboard.

Part 2 of building the Grizzly Ukulele kit. Making and installing the maple edge binding.

Part 1 Building a ukulele from a kit. Making a custom fretboard.