diy

You never know what you can build until you put your mind to it. In this reel, we meet the production designer behind the iconic “Friends” apa...

Some people love to paint or cook in their spare time; while others, like George "Gyro Jake" Jacob, get a kick out of building their own homemade...

Floating off the coast of Vancouver Island, a 45-minute boat ride to the nearest town, is a sustainable island fortress complete with a dance floor,...

Perry Rosen has always loved tinkering with jukeboxes. The spectacle of the mechanized movements, the golden oldie tunes and the bright lights...

For the past 30 years Dan Ohlmann has been distilling the world down to 1/24th of its actual size. He’s a miniaturist, and his photographic memory a...

For 53 years, Justo Gallego has been building a cathedral by hand on the outskirts of Madrid almost entirely by himself. Gallego has no formal...

The dusty desert of Lucin, Utah, isn't for everyone. It's lonely, windy and hot. But for Ivo Zdarsky, it's home. The inventor, who in 1984 escaped...

Meet Tom Woodruff Jr. and Alec Gillis—they've been making movie monsters for Hollywood movies for the last 35 years at their company, Amalgamated D...

Frank Kovac always loved the stars. Not satisfied with simply watching the night sky, he built the world's largest mechanically-operated planetarium...

Gary Hug turned his fascination with asteroids into more than just a hobby. He built an observatory behind his house, and courtesy of his homemade...

Andy Cavatorta creates new musical instruments and eerie sounds with homemade machines of spinning arms, wine glasses, circuit boards and software....