Most sugru users start with a simple repair… and what we’ve found is that sometimes a repair – as well as being a solution – can also be an opportunity for awesomeness!

We love that thought! So we made a video of 3 simple improvements to the iphone cable that evolved from the classic sugru repair / strain relief hack.

Have any of your repairs resulted in you making improvements to the design of something? We’d love to hear about them!

After years of fumbling around and complaining we thought that it was about time we did something about the crappy USB ports on the iMacs in our office.

With 2 small magnets and a USB extension lead, we made a clever way to access our USB ports that’s totally awesome to use.

We should add that this is our second attempt at cracking the problem. We were told by the shy folk on Instructables that the original solution was ugly Thanks for pushing us guys, you made us think a bit harder about how to make this look good too. Without your comments and suggestions we would not have come up with this solution.

Credit to Criggie for suggesting that we use magnets, this turned out the be a fantastic idea and allowed us to make a very discreet USB cable that is incredibly intuitive and fun to use.

Check out our new ible with simple step by step instructions.
oh, and in case you are worried about removing this from your iMac sometime, check out our removable video.

This one’s from Ben here in the sugru office:
“Aaaargh, every time I need to plug headphones or a USB device into my iMac I either have to climb over it or fumble around blind !!!”


“This is a bit of a pain but super simple to solve, I made a full step by step ible to show you how to put your ports exactly where you need them, on the front of your iMac. Try it and see what a difference it can make ”

Remember, although sugru will stay stuck for as long as you want it to, it can be removed from your iMac later if needed, simply by cutting it off with a sharp knife. Our Removable video shows how.
If you make this, or if you have ideas how to make this hack even better let us know!

And then make a stylus from it!

Guru of the month goes to Ola from Sweden aka @olacarlsson on gurus for this super cool project. To make your own, follow the full step-by-step on gurus!

Congrats Ola! 5 packs of sugru and a Hack Things Better t-shirt will be on their way to you very soon!

For a chance to win guru of the month yourself, just get yourself some sugru, hack some stuff and upload pictures to gurus to help others do the same!

Mattia from Italy first made this project and sent us this image for the sugru gallery.
We thought it was amazing. So what’s the best thing to do with amazing projects?
Make a step by step instructable to help everyone make their own of course!

Oh, and we thought it would be cool to make one for an iPad too, so that’s exactly what we did.

Step 1 – find a cool old book that fits your iPad / Kindle.

Step 2 – remove the pages, protect your iPad / Kindle with clingfilm and create sugru grips on each corner. We mixed green and black sugru to get a shade of green to match the trim on the book. Once the sugru grips are cured, you’ll be able to clip your iPad / Kindle in and out easily.

Step 3 – wait for the sugru cure, and 24 hrs later, you’ve got an awesome iPad case!

See the full step by step guide over on instructables and get searching for the perfect old book!

This is a hack that works amazingly well – and can bring a whole new lease of life to an old favourite jacket, bag or pair of boots. Watch the movie to see just how easy it is!

This awesome project was sent to us by Kirsty in Melbourne:

“I fashioned a macro lens for my phone! I got all excited about it & now I’ve made a how-to so you can do it too.  I used some bits of a broken lens (lucky I don’t chuck stuff out) and sugru – it was a quick & easy project.”

And the results look amazing! Check out this close up photo she took with it!

Kirsty’s how-to makes this look super easy…

You can see more of Kirsty’s projects at her blog and follow her on twitter @kootoyoo

Of the 3 sugru ♥ LEGO projects this one makes me wish I was a kid again, it’s pretty exciting to imagine every toy being LEGO-compatible.

To make this project easy to do at home, we’ve made a full step by step here on gurus, and an A4 printable PDF version shown below that you can download and print – How to make all toys LEGO-compatible with sugru.

Enjoy!  And for more sugru ♥ LEGO inspiration, have a look at this little film we made

LEGO is awesome, but making a USB cable desk tidy with LEGO is even more awesome!

And it’s super super easy too.

How cool is this? You can use LEGO to mount everything from cables and earphones to your computer, to your car keys inside the door when you get home.

We know lots of you are excited about doing this, so we’ve made a full step by step here on gurus, and made this printable version shown below that you can download and print -  A4 PDF sugru and LEGO USB cable desk tidy step-by-step.

Enjoy!  And for more sugru ♥ LEGO inspiration, have a look at this little film we made

We’ve gone a bit LEGO crazy around here since we got inspired by the hair people were making for their lego men and when we discovered how well sugru bonds to the little bricks. First we got excited by making a little film, and now we want to help you get stuck in.

So we’ve made some printable step-by-steps to get you going.

This is the first of of 3 sugru ♥ LEGO printables we’ll be posting in the coming week.
Perfect little projects to do on the cold days over the holidays.

Have a look at the full step-by-step on gurus, or download this A4 printable shown above Transform any pen into an awesome LEGO character using sugru PDF, print it out and get cracking!

PS If you’re giving sugru as a gift this Christmas, and the person is a LEGO fan, you might like to include the printables with the pack too, they could be an awesome way of getting a new sugru user off to a great start!