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The world’s oldest individual tree lives 10,000 feet above sea level in the Inyo National Forest, California. A staggering 4,765 years old, this primeval tree was already a century old when the first pyramid was built in Egypt. The tree is hidden among other millennia-old Great Basin bristlecone pines in a grove called the Forest of Ancients.Read More

420,000 matchsticks were used to build this detailed recreation of Minas Tirith from Lord of The Rings Trilogy

Patrick Acton completed his matchstick model of J.R.R. Tolkien's City of Kings from the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Acton's version of Minas Tirith is one of his biggest and most detailed matchstick models yet.Read More

When a tree grows and something gets in its way, it occasionally consumes it. Here are a few extreme examples of hungry trees.Read More

This case is inspired by the Art Deco stylings of 1920s and 1930s Zenith radios, but despite looking back so far in time for inspiration, it still has modern features such as integrated watercooling. Gary has hand cut, sanded and altogether modded a complete build using inspiration of the classic Zenith. Without a bit of clever handy work (and without looking around the back) you probably couldn't tell this was a post-Millennium product.Read More

The oldest and most expensive camera in the world

Peter Coeln, the CEO of WestLicht Photographica with World's Oldest Camera

Peter Coeln, the CEO of WestLicht Photographica Auction in Vienna with the 1839 Daguerreotype, the first commercially-produced camera in the world. The camera will be sold at auction on on May 29th. The estimated sale price will be $750,000 and $1 million.Read More

Located on a flag lot, a steep sloping grade provided the opportunity to bring the main level of the house into the tree canopy to evoke the feeling of being in a tree house. The Portland, Oregon treehouse features a natural wood ceiling floating on curved laminated wood beams, passing through a generous glass wall which wraps around the main living room.Read More

Rocker-Lange Architects of Boston and Hong Kong are exhibiting a system for creating endlessly variable, site-specific street furniture.Read More

You might think needling together millions of toothpicks in the name of art is too tedious a triumph, but some artists swear the simple combination of glue and slivers of wood is perfect for creating sculptures.

Toothpick Brooklyn Bridge
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Woodworking project shows how a combination lock works

In terms of neat mechanical things to build out of wood, Matthias Wandel figured a single dial sequential combination lock would be a great project to make. It's relatively simple and shows people how a combination lock actually works. The video (below) shows the steps.Read More

3-blade saw mill edger rips through logs for cutting lumber

If you've ever wondered how they turn trees into lumber, check out this video of the Jackson Lumber Harvester 3 Saw Vertical Edger. Three separate saw blades go into action to rip through a log.Read More