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Make Your Own Dremel Tool Sanding Drums

Make Your Own Dremel Tool Sanding Drums

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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A quick and easy way to make your own rotary tool sanding drums.

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Dremel's Newest Tool: Help for Honing Your Startup Dreams

Dremel Debuts Its Newest Tool: Help for Honing Your Idea from Workbench to Revenue

Patrick Mannion

By Patrick Mannion

Patrick Mannion

Patrick Mannion has been taking things apart and (sometimes) putting them back together since he was 7 years old. Now an engineer, journalist, technology editor, blogger and sometimes even a writer, he does it with his two kids, while mom's not looking. This summer's project was a treehouse — which will be getting some technology dressing over the next few years.

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The helping hand comes in the persons of the first five winners of its Maker-in-Residence program.

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3D Printable Rotary Tool Holders and Accessories

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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One of the more practical and useful things that a 3D printer can do is print jigs, holders, and other little improvement hacks to annoying problems found with in your everyday tools. Rotary tools, that very universal of maker tools, have lots of holders and accessories associated with them, and so they’re ripe for 3D […]

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How to Make Your Own Rotary Tool Bits

How to Make Your Own Rotary Tool Bits

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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Dremel tool accessory bits can be expensive, limited in selection, and quickly wear out. Here’s how to make some of your own.

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