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Top Ten Shop Tips for 2015

Top Ten Shop Tips for 2015

See some of our favorite, most popular shop tips from last year

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Toolsday Hangout on Air, Live and Online Today at 2pm PST/5pm EST

Toolsday Hangout on Air, Live and Online Today at 2pm PST/5pm EST

Today is Toolsday here at MAKE, so you know what that means – a live Google+ hangout where we will be discussing our favorite tools and workspace essentials. Tune in at 2pm PST/5pm EST on the +MAKE page for a hangout related to safety – bad experiences with tools, and how to prevent them. We’ll share our experiences and discuss how to prevent certain frightening things, like table saw kickback, from occurring.

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Showtime Prep at Survival Research Laboratories

Showtime Prep at Survival Research Laboratories

Famed machine artists Survival Research Laboratories are staging a show this weekend in Los Angeles. Pictures of the Hovercraft, Mr. Satan on the Dule Mules, the Running Machine, and other SRL machines as they are being worked on and prepped for transport.

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Join the MAKE Forum on G+

Join the MAKE Forum on G+

Have you checked out the MAKE forum on Google+? The online community offers makers of all types and abilities a place to share projects, post questions, and meet their fellow makers.

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Lindsay’s Technical Books Ships Last Catalog

Lindsay’s Technical Books Ships Last Catalog

I think I was fourteen or fifteen when I received my first Lindsay’s catalog, ordered from a print ad in the back pages of Popular Science or Popular Mechanics—I don’t recall which. “Build Lightning Bolt Generators!” it trumpeted. “Melt Metal! Rediscover Lost Technology!” I clipped along the dotted line and sent $3.00, cash, through the US mail. I’ve been a regular buyer ever since.

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