Tools-N-Tips tagged pi
Alligator Forceps
Yes it's the Alligator Forceps!! This is one of my most used tools. When you work the handles, just the tip opens up, making it the ideal tool for picking things up in small o... Read More
Type(s): Hand Tool
Tags: forceps alligator pickup small parts
Arty Electronics for Kids
I saw an early demo of these tiny computers at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, and they're amazing. The PICO Cricket is designed for fusing art and robotics using lights, ... Read More
Type(s): Kit, Toy
Tags: pico+cricket robotics
BBQ-tiful
Phil Torrone pointed me to this great listing of BBQ accessories (Father's Day, anyone?) and extras. Some are perhaps more polished than practical, but I love the BBQ wok for ... Read More
Type(s): Kitchen Tool, Tip, Web Site
Tags: bbq grill pizza vegetables wok "father's day"
Dental Tools Kit
Three indispensable tools for any maker are dental tools (for poking around in little things), dental (i.e. inspection) mirrors for looking in difficult-to-reach places, and o... Read More
Type(s): Hand Tool
Tags: dental+tools picks mirror dental
Digital Photo Frame
Well, the frame may be analog, but here's yet another take on the classic photo-in-frame holiday gift, and this one also allows for more than one photo. In fact, you can have ... Read More
Type(s): Electronics/Gadget, Tip, Toy
Tags: digital+photo frame picture
Flaky Fractals
As if the recirculating fountain wasn't enough, Turkey Tek also constructed a giant pecan pie in the shape of a fractal. While this is probably more work than anyone in their ... Read More
Type(s): Web Site
Tags: fractal pecan+pie
Food Expiration Dates
A couple months ago, I finally got fed up with not knowing how long things last in the refrigerator, and spent several days compiling the web's largest (so far as I know) repo... Read More
Type(s): Tip, Web Service, Web Site
Tags: expiration+dates
How to Remove Pine Sap from Your Hands
It’s the holiday season and between steam punking your wreath and putting homemade solar LED lights on your tree, there is a fair chance that at some point you will have ... Read More
Comments: 2
Type(s): Tip
Tags: Pine+Sap hand+sanitizer
K-Byte's Zipit Wireless Messenger
K-Byte's Zipit Wireless Messenger is a cute pocket-sized Instant Messaging (IM) appliance that can connect to any wi-fi access point for on-the-go IM. Just turn the Zipit on, ... Read More
Type(s): Electronics/Gadget
Tags: portable linux wi-fi zipit
Kafka Pinstriping Kit
Great kit for pinstriping your latest computer case mod or robot companion. Designed by pinstriping master Steve Kafka, the kit shows you the basics of customizing anything yo... Read More
Type(s): Art Supply, Kit
Tags: kafka, pinstripe, paint
Lehman's Non-electric Catalog
Yes, I realize it's strange to promote a "non-electric" catalog here.
This catalog is a throwback to the makers of yesteryear. Some people never stopped doing things themse... Read More
Type(s): Book, Travel and Outdoors, Web Site
Tags: diy camping
Pi Divider
Found this when I started glassblowing. I was amazed I had made it through life without it. You measure the diameter of an item at one end and the circumference is automatical... Read More
Type(s): Hand Tool
Tags: glass circle pi
Plastic Flashlight Mouthpiece
Sold under a few brands, these things are little plastic caps that fit on the end of a AA minimag or most any other aluminum AA flashlights. They are shaped so you can hold th... Read More
Type(s): Hand Tool
Tags: flashlight+mouthpiece
Roboraptor
Guided by the design brilliance of Mark W. Tilden, WowWee Robotics created the best-selling robot of all time, Robosapien. Dubbed the only robot fluent in “caveman talk,&... Read More
Comments: 1
Type(s): Toy
Tags: robsapien robots dinosaur
Sharpie Mini
I, like most women I know, have used the venerable black Sharpie for many wardrobe fixes – scuff marks and bleach splatters, are no match for the queen of permanent marke... Read More
Type(s): Art Supply, Household Product, Office Supply, Organizing Tool
Tags: sharpie mini
The Hippie Handbook
Offering up The Hippie Handbook to your friends quickly becomes a sociological study. The younger hippies – say, 35 and under who still live more or less by the hippie co... Read More
Type(s): Book
Tags: hippie carefree
Wire Spice Rack
A simple spice rack at the workbench can organize smaller bottles of glues, solvents, lubricants, etc.
With less than a dollar's worth of hardware they'll mount to the gar... Read More
Comments: 1
Type(s): Organizing Tool, Tip
Tags: work+bench spice+rack
