
Jimmy DiResta: This Old House Makers Channel
Jimmy and his brother Joe rehab a 1994 turbo backhoe.

Jimmy and his brother Joe rehab a 1994 turbo backhoe.

Jimmy machines a metal mortar and pestle and makes a foam fathead.

Meet the makers: visual artist Justine Silva and Ashley Pieper of Shallow Creek Woodcraft.

Meet furniture maker Cam Anderson of Blacktail Studio and woodworker Larry Tkaczyk.

It's all about outdoor lighting and then a creative, unconventional boardwalk build.

April installs a rainwater barrel collection system and shares painting tips.

Tyler over-engineers a bottle opener and a "big, giant vise grip."

The teams are in the final stages of completing their designs and preparing their pitch.

The teams receive feedback in front of a focus group; the teams fine tune their prototypes.

The teams make a supply run to a hardware store to gather materials; the prototyping process begins.

The 48-hour invention competition begins with an introduction to the teams, experts and mentors.

Trade shows; the finely-tuned products are presented to retail buyers.

Jamison and Jamie reframe the tiny first-floor bath at the lake house.

Jamison builds a kitchen island with a breakfast bar and seating in the lake house.

Jamison builds custom recessed window frames using pocket-hole joinery.

Jamison builds a new drip-free deck off the second-floor main bedroom of the lake house.

Cristiana builds a wavy-joint table and a finger-joint stool with rolling pin legs.

Cris designs a custom cabinet with angled side drawers; she makes a mahogany ring box.

Cris builds cloud-shaped lights for her bathroom and a flush-mount fixture for the hall.

Cris modifies her router table, building storage cabinets, and upgrading her dust collection system.