On the last Food Makers episode of the year, I’ll be chatting with author and grassfed beef rancher Shannon Hayes about her new book Long Way on a Little, a decidedly pro-(grassfed) beef cookbook and overall guide to healthy, self-sufficient living. Tune in on MAKE’s Google+ page at 2pm PST and 5pm EST.
If you need a quick and cozy gift idea, this garter stitch gaiter is the perfect last-minute knitting project!
Blogger Emily Bloss shared her Christmassy take on the classic cream cheese penguin with these great Christmas party penguins.
Henry Segerman designed this triple gear construct and printed it at Shapeways.
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.
A how-to video on powdercoating in the home shop without an air compressor!
This Craftsman Powder Coat gun is less than $40 and is the perfect solutions!
Links:
Article on Outgassing: http://www.powdercc.com/images/pdf/How%20to%20eliminate%20outgassing,%20the%20powder%20coating%20faux%20pas.pdf
UPDATE: Thanks for user Krap101, these are still available “new” – see http://www.amazon.com/Craftsman-Complete-Portable-Powder-Coating/dp/B004YEAYCW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1347892130
The slide rule may be a quaint anachronism in this age of ubiquitous computing, but there’s still a place for the slide chart, the volvelle, the nomogram, and other hand-held “paper computers.” These are still published by a few companies, and are a handy source of on-the-spot reference data, particularly in field or workshop environments that may be inhospitable to or inconvenient for electronic devices. Slide charts containing key screw, bolt, and nut data have been around for decades, and the folks at Great Innovations identify TAD’s Universal Reference Calculator, discontinued in the mid 1990s, as inspiration for their chart.
