For eight days, David Malki’s Wondermark webcomic was turned into the Tinker’s Handbook, a loving send-up of MAKE and maker culture. He ended the “handbook” with this wonderful Maker’s Bill...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Sunday May 8th, 2011 5:30 PM
Make subscriber Scott House wrote in to let us know about BikeCAD and associated cycle design software from BikeForrest. BikeCAD is a parametric CAD tool used to design hardtail mountain...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Monday April 25th, 2011 2:00 AM
Categories: Energy, Fun & Games, Tools | 2 Comments
Got some strange screws that need unscrewing? Want to get in there and modify some gear the manufacturer didn't trust you to open? Check out the 54 Piece Bit Driver...
Posted by Maker Shed | Friday April 8th, 2011 8:00 AM
Categories: General, Tools | 5 Comments
In response to my post yesterday on tap and die, one of our fave MAKE contributors, Ross Hershberger, posted a set of tips we thought should have its own post....
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Wednesday March 23rd, 2011 3:00 PM
Categories: Tools, Workshop | 5 Comments
Taps and dies are the two tools you use for cutting threads into material around a hole (tap) and for cutting threads into a rod (die) for mating with that...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Tuesday March 22nd, 2011 9:30 PM
Categories: Tools, Workshop | 4 Comments
In the wake of the Japanese disaster trifecta, I contacted our pal Francesco Fondi, of Wired Italy’s Otaku News and Hobby Media, to make sure he was OK (in Tokyo)....
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Monday March 21st, 2011 9:30 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Science, Tools | 4 Comments
I posed the question recently about how to remove rust from this toolbox full of neglected tools. I got lots of suggestions in the comments recommending different methods. I’ve decided...
Posted by John Edgar Park | Monday March 21st, 2011 7:30 AM
Categories: Tools, Workshop | 50 Comments
Don’t let the advertising-quality photography fool you: This is the work of an individual maker (specifically Matt of Wood&Faulk) who wants to share it with you just for the pleasure...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Friday March 18th, 2011 6:04 AM
Categories: Craft, Fun & Games, Tools | 1 Comment
In the comments on yesterday’s piece about Bolt Depot’s poster of fasteners, a reader, JamesB, wrote: I would encourage budding young fabricators to also take a look at the bolt...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Thursday March 17th, 2011 10:00 PM
Categories: Tools, Workshop | 3 Comments
Back in January, John Baichtal wrote about the Bolt Depot’s downloadable PDF posters [PDF, 520K] of common (and not so common) screws, bolts, washers, nuts, and other fasteners. But we...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Wednesday March 16th, 2011 9:30 PM
Categories: Tools, Workshop | 8 Comments
Turns out it’s also possible to drill hexagonal hole using a very similar tool based on the Reuleaux pentagon. The video immediately above, again from jacquesmaurel, shows a tool he...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Monday March 14th, 2011 5:24 AM
Categories: Education, Machining, Tools, Workshop | 7 Comments
I love magnetic parts trays. When I’m taking something apart, using one for the screws and other tiny metal bits is one of the best things I can do (together...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Wednesday March 9th, 2011 12:54 PM
Categories: Electronics, Tools | 3 Comments
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