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Ok gang we have some NEW MAKE tools coming in, actually they’re here now – thing is, we need to name them. If we pick a name you come up with, we’ll send you one – the very first one in fact, hot off the laser etcher!
These are bigger and toolier (is that a word? should be) than our MAKE: warranty voider Leatherman tools, they are the Leatherman “Juice” model… The Juice CS4 tool comes equipped with pliers, regular and hard wire cutters, straight knife, and four screwdrivers-extra small, small, medium/large, and a Phillips. Also features can/bottle opener, corkscrew, serrated scissors, saw and awl.
So we need to name it and then put in the LASER to etch them, post up your suggestion in the comments, here is what we’ve heard before so don’t use these…
- Big Blue
- Dream Maker
- Blueprint Maker
- Blueprint Builder
- Builder of Blueprints
- Open It
- Make Opener
- Make Player
- Make: Play
- Make: Play Tool
- “Violator” as in an agreement violator
- Make HackKnife
- MakeShift
- The MacGyver
- The dismantler
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Make Tinkerer
Make It Happen
Either BeetleJuice or BeatleJuice, for sure.
Justification? Here’s some wiki-age for you:
“Beetles are a group of insects which have the largest number of species. … [The group] contains more described species than in any other order in the animal kingdom, constituting about twenty-five percent of all known life-forms.”
The new Maker Tool has more tools than any other tool, no?
If you go for BeatleJuice, just know you’re using a kick-ass band’s name to describe your tool == yum.
Oh, the spacing [or lack thereof] is optional :) Beatle Juice/Beetle Juice works too!
Visionary gets my vote.
Or the decider. The decider is a close second.
Make or Break
then I would say call it Tinky Winky… because everyone needs a tool called Tinky Winky…
How’s about the MAKEGyver?
What About calling it the The Make tool :Agreement Breaker Sounds pretty decent
how about Make: Thing-A-Majig
The Maker’s Key
“Makr”
Yves.
The Jabberpocket Knife: now with Vorpal Screwdriver
How about the “Make: Isolator”, as in component isolator?
OK, I can’t win, but I can still contribute.
“Warranty killer”
“MAKE-A-Ma-Jig”
make: Abundance
Make: Abundance
This could not be any easier. It should be called simply “The Tool” of course.
Gary
Injunction,
Hand CNC, or
Intelligent Design/Designer
Yeah, Im done.
Material Geometry Arbitration Device
Let’s have just a touch of the legalese that you’re going to ignore using the tool.
The Liberator
End User License Disagreement
The Reverser
Re-Make
Make-a-mess
Make anew
Make again
Null and Voider
Voider
Device Reformer
That’s All I can think of
Make Army Knife
Cheddar Army Knife
Tool Kit
Drool Tool
Cool Tool
Fool Tool
Cool Fool Tool
Mule Tule
Tool Cool for School
Cool Tool for School
or even simpler – “void” or “null”
According to Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, a Hooloovoo is a superintelligent shade of the colour blue. Little is known of them, except that one participated in the construction of the starship Heart of Gold.
I changed the spelling to avoid copyright problems and so it would be easier to fit on the Leatherman.
According to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, a Hooloovoo is a superintelligent shade of the colour blue. Little is known of them, except that one participated in the construction of the starship Heart of Gold.
I changed the spelling to avoid copyright and trademark problems. Also, it will be easier to fit on the Leatherman.
How about “Thy Maker” or “Your Maker”?
It has a nice personal friendly feel, and but still the “meet your maker” undertone (I think people would get that). You could say to that old printer when you pull it out, ‘prepare to meet thy maker’…
love the blog btw : )
blue terror
the iMake
Make: me.
Destructor
Breaker
Remaker
Jack (as in Jack of all trades)
Make Do
Make it Better
How about “Thy Maker” or “Your Maker”?
It has a nice personal old time homey feel, but the sinister undertone (eg. when you introduce it to that old printer — “Prepare to meet Thy Maker!”).
Everyone is overthinking (or underthinking) this. Call it Alligator or Alligatr.
(despite living in Georgia)
Just call it the Alligator or Alligatr.
Huluvu
According to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, a Hooloovoo is a superintelligent shade of the colour blue. Little is known of them, except that one participated in the construction of the starship Heart of Gold.
I changed the spelling to avoid copyright and trademark problems. Also, it will be easier to fit on the Leatherman.
According to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, a Hooloovoo is a superintelligent shade of the colour blue. Little is known of them, except that one participated in the construction of the starship Heart of Gold.
I changed the spelling to avoid copyright and trademark problems. Also, it will be easier to fit on the Leatherman.
I can’t believe nobody has suggested “Blue Meanie” yet!
I can’t believe nobody has siggested “Blue Meanie” yet!
It opens like a butterfly knife and it helps build things.
OOPS!
The first time I tried to post I got an error message. When I hit F5, it appeared twice.
EULA-G
I guess that’s more of a software term. How about
WRECKQUIEM
Make: Void , would be even better?
Call it ‘The Diversiform’ then send me one!
Ugh, I just typed in probably twenty different names, and then the blog comment system crapped out on me, and I’m too tired, so I didn’t think to make a local copy before I submitted.
Grrr…
Let’s see how many I can remember:
Athena’s Toolbox
The Teslanator
Insulated Edison
Feature Adder
Hipster Toolbox
The Adapt-O-Tron
The Revampanator
The Refitter’s Friend
The Modchine
Electric Ozone
Hydra-spanner
The Screwmaster
The Enabler
The Ownership
…I’m missing several here, but just one more I can recall:
Engineer in your Pants
“Force Multiplier”
Like a lever, pulley, gear set, or other simple machine, this tool amplifies your own input making your efforts more effective.
*And* it has a pun on being a multitool with pliers.
Make: It Yours
Make: It Yours
Make: Easy Pieces
Mkae: Trouble
the sonic screw driver(2008 Addition)
blue scorpion
Creative Driver
blue scorpion
Plus++
Here’s my last shot at it so here goes:
Make: security checked
Make: get out of a pinch tool
Make: pull a macGyver
Make: 1001 uses
Make: compact toolbox
Make: extreme remover
Make: macgyver puller
Make: Tool Of Life
Make: Tool For Life
and my favorite
Make: Jaws
(mostly referring to the pliers)
how about:
Pandora’s tool
Can-open ‘er
Make: Gadget Deconstructor
I like to think a multi-tool as a license for unintended use of other things. Just looking at it brings to mind circumventing tamper-proof cases, clever kludge fixes, and the joy of getting something apart without a manual. Names follow:
MAKE: Tamper Accomplice
MAKE: Case Nullifier
MAKE: Service Manual
MAKE: Gremlin Extinguisher
W.Y.N. = Whatever You Need
Hasta luego.
pieceMaker
pieceMaker
W.Y.N. = Whatever You Need
The Hacker
Make: The Spirit.
The Makers Spirit.
The Makers Soul.
I would have suggested MAKE:Gyver, but someone beat me to it. I’ll by one if that’s the chosen name though!!
MAKE it Big
MAKE: voidable
Break 2 MAKE:
it’s voidable
Just a little tweak
Little Tweaker
warranty adjuster
warranty adjustment tool
unwarranted
warranty tweaker
warranty shifter
re-engineerer
Ken
Make:IT
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_technology
Information Technology (IT) is a general term that describes any technology that helps to produce, manipulate, store, communicate, and/or disseminate information.
I thought that name matched the spirit of the Make site, and has the additional meaning of “Make It”.
or how about
ModStick
(Make) MeHappy
Pocket Toolbox
Make:Blue Healer
for the play off the words heeler and healer
Or maybe just BlueHeeler for mans best friend.
Yea, I like the second one better.
MakeGyver
Make:it
Make: 2.0
Two possible ideas:
Hephaestus (the greek god of fire and artifice and patron of all craftsman, really a maker’s deity)
Artifice or MAKE: Artifice (drawn from above)
The Make:Shiva
The blue goddess with the many arms.
Heres a link to some pics to see what I mean…
http://courseware.acadiau.ca/courses/engl/3663/wiki/index.php/Shiva
http://www.dollsofindia.com/product/PG24
Make: Extended Warranty Voider
maybe Shiva was a god not goddess.. not sure
I guess the Blue Tooth or the Cool Aid would get you into trademark trouble…
The God of destruction or change.
You can give me the Shiva now.
Some people call it a shiv, I call it a Shiva.
I guess the Blue Tooth or the Cool Aid would get you into trademark trouble…?
Deconstructor
GizReaper or GizmoReaper
ToolMinator
The improver
Gizmo’s nightmare
Warra-ripper
GlobeVoider
Makerpillar
ThorTool
Partner In Crime
GizRaper or Gizmoraper
:D
I think You should go international this time…
I suggest:
“El Mago” or just “Mago:” (means the magician both in italian and spanish)
Maghito (spanish, means the little magician)
Maghetto (Yo Baby! In italian it means little magician)
Here they are :-)
Camillo Miller, from Italy
Re-calibrator
The Brick
The Bender
Make: Mod
Make: Mods
Make: Bend
Make: Bends
Make: Not
Make: Nothing
Make: Trash
Make: You
Make: Stuff
You Make: It
The Persuader
It’s got to be called the.. NutCracker
make : voidifier
PieceMaker
hmm not that im going to win, i never win, but i thout somthing like this “Creator” no idea if it has been used before
Oops, should have been
Make:PieceMaker
the blue Pecker
ok, since it’s based the leatherman juice…
the squeeze
Since it’s based on the leatherman juice…
the squeeze
Blue Max
Make Omni Tool
Make Express
Makerman (play on Leatherman)
Make10 (play on Mac-10) for the 10 *major* functions:
Pliers
Wirecutters
Flat Screwdrivers
Philips Screwdriver
Knife
Saw
Awl
Bottle Opener
Can Opener
Corkscrew
Make: M8
Make: TOY-T (Technology On Your Time)
Fixit
Widget
The De-fingernator
since I almost lost a finger with one of these…
well what about “Creator” or “the Creator”
Make: Friend
Make: Way (where theres a will theres a Way)
Make: More
The pieceMaker
Make It Yourself
Make More
BlueJuice
Make: [Juice]
Interrupter
Because at some point, probably while making something, I’ll use it to cut a live wire.
(note: I don’t work with high power. Not anymore. Not since the three-phase transformer fire) (did you know some countries don’t require fire extinguishers? Even when playing with fire?)
Make: Fixer
Make: Fixer-upper
Blue Steel (I know, I know it’s copyrighted already…)
Make:inator
builders bliss
blue crab
callinectes sapidus
crab
vishnu
durga
coat of arms
blue collar
the craw
buffet
special purpose
escape tool
bleu
blue martini
cocktail
plethora
el guapo
handy
the blue void
great blue void
the big blue
the beast
old faithful
make maker
blue steel
Make: Badass or Make: BADASS
Make: #BADA55 (should be green, of course)
Make: Trouble
Make: Mojo
Make: Vulcan
Make: Tesla
Make: Edison
Make: One Tool to Rule Them All
Go ahead: Make me play
Make Me Play
Make My Play
The Make-a-nator
Make: All Access
Make: Take-a-parter
Make: Blue Breaker
I didn’t check to see if anyone else had suggested any of these:
Enabler
Henchman
Minion
Igor
The Toolbox or The Blue Toolbox (toolbox has more logo possibilities)
The PocketShop
Make II
Make Do (well that is a little negative perhaps)
/utils or /tools (or make/utils)
make all (tip of hat to makefiles)
make.* (make anything)
Make The Knife (ok, the song is too old I guess!)
Make Believer
The Recycler
The Reducer
The Redeemer
The Widow Maker (maybe better for a Make powertool : )
Make:Deconstructor
Make-Up Kit
Toolio
Regardless of the name, you should mention the corkscrew is there for helping celebrate your project’s success : )
Hacker Helper
genius
The Widow Maker
The Maker’s Edge
Make:Razor
Razor Maker
Make: Hackinator
Make It So
Make It Easy
Makeover
How about the “MAKE: HACK and SLASH” you could even promote is by saying, “It slices, it dices, it hacks, it slashes, it even makes Julian fries… oh wait…
The “Make: Everything”
the case cracker
Das ÃœberMAKE
How about “The Wild Blue Modifier “
Make: It Happen
Make: Stand Back
How about the “MAKE: Pocket Bulldozer”? Because when you need to take something really big apart, a bulldozer is always handy. Something smaller? Pocket bulldozer.
OK, and if you’re obsessed with alliteration, you could go with “Blue Bulldozer.”
Or if you want to be both cutely annoying and alliterative, the “Bitsy Blue Bulldozer” is guaranteed to raise a little howl of protest (and it even contains an oblique electronics wordplay–“bits”-y). Now I have to go kick my own ass for suggesting this. Man, I need coffee.
Make: warranty cracker
Make: warranty void collector
Make: “the can” opener
Make: modding tool
Make: Builder
Make: Creator
Make: The tool
The Blue Re-Do
Perhaps some phonetic stylization and call it the BlooReeDoo
Make: Problem Solver
Make: Problem Solver +2
Make: Blue Thunder
Make: Liberator
how about Make:Blues
More variations:
BluReDo
Blu-re-do
Urban Survival Tool
UST for short.
on the side a large open number One; inside that the word ‘All’.
All in One.
How about “MAKE: On The Go” or “MAKE: TK” standing for Toolkit. It’s simple, but works.
The Blue Wonder Tool
Make: tech pirate
Make: scrambler (not just for gadgets — try it with eggs)
How about “Portapal” or “PortaMAKE”
MAKE: Blue Buddy
BetterThanDuctTape
Let’s call him
Edward (leaving out the scissorhands as a well known last name) :)
The Tripple T
T.T.T
Make: TTT
Make: T.T.T
Make: Tripple T
Make: 3T
3
Make:T
T
Make:
T T
Sounds cool and could stand for many things
e.g.
The Total Tool
The Total Toolkit
The Tool Thing
Tool Tool Tool
The Tripple T
enhancer
OPTISET
MAKE:OPTISET
(an optimum set of tools)
Make’s Strong Arm
The Coercer
Make: Believe
Make:Do
Bender
Voided
Make: What you want
Make: it awesome
Maker’s Wolf
(Was the problem-solving Character in Pulp Fiction)
Maker’s Wolf
(Was the problem-solving guy in pulp fiction)
Make: Shock and Awl
Make: an ER visit
Make: the OJ (Juice,knife… Bad joke, I know)
Make: unHandyman Tool
Make: requiring stitches since 2005
Make: Paperweight (since a Maker would have a useful paperweight)
Let’s MAKE Two (tip o the hat to Ernie Banks)
The MAKE Forgery
Hehe :)
I have a couple ideas:
Make@your own risk
Make:Smurf (remember from the cartoon – the word Smurf can mean anything – and it is blue!)
Don’t consume,MAKE
What’s Inside?
How about….
Trouser Tool or
MAKE: Trouser Tool
Other Ideas:
Nut Pincher
Dangler Danger
Nut Nullifier
Warranty Killer
What Warranty?
Darth Voider
Suggestion: Avoid names that refer to the tool being blue in case you want to make the tool in other colors some day.
My name idea: The Make Warranty Nullifier. It’s like a Make Warranty Voider, but more so!
It should be called
Maker Modder
Or just
Make Modder
It’s already called the “Juice” so why not take it one step further and call it the Make:Juicer as it helps you squeeze every last ounce of usefulness out of your projects.
Make:MyDay (Go Ahead)
Eviscerator
Liberator
Demystifier
Elucidater
Clarifier
Deobfuscator
D-obfusk8r
=izer
Equalizer
UnMake
Tool
Toolie
Thingamajig
Thingamabob
Whatchamacallit
Hoozie-Whatzit
Whatzit
Prima Facie
Centurion
MasterKey
Enigma
Linchpin
Maker’s Mark
IThinkICan…
iCan
It
Nefarious
Hacker Scalpel
MAKEnifier
MAKEnificent
Universal Solvent
Jimmy
The RealKeeper
Hacker Therapy
kitchen sink
benevolent winnower
the nullifier
I saw and liked iMake, PieceMaker, Das ÃœberMAKE and MAKE:Gyver
multiMAKEr
E = M C(made)
with the (made) as a superscript.
I have to admit that I also like the previous “Piece Maker” suggestion.
Make: Modder
I believe I’ve seen something like this at Target lol
Creativity filter
Make: Surgeon
Make: Rube (As in Goldberg)
Make: Thingy
Make: TinMan
Make: KitchenSink
Make: Void
Make: ToolKing
Make: Sonic
You only need two tools for a great project –
1. Duct tape to put stuff together, once you’re done using..
2. Un-Duct Tape to take stuff apart
In the same vein, it could be a “Sanity Separator” to go along with Crazy Glue.
Tutti Matti
Creativity filter
You only need two tools for a great project –
1. Duct tape to put stuff together, once you’re done using..
2. Un-Duct Tape to take stuff apart
In the same vein, it could be a “Sanity Separator” to go along with Crazy Glue.
Make:Believer
Make:Believer
Make: Blue Midget
Like the ship from Red Dwarf!
Looks like a sweet tool!
The Fixation
slogan would be
“If it ain’t broke: The Fixation”
Make Apart
Open Sesame
Make Me One With Everything (ok, from the Dalai Lama’s hot dog joke)
Make the Ripper
Make Or Break
Daddy (as in, who’s your Daddy?)
The Reverse Engineer
The Great Leveler
The Ownimator
The Kaboodle
slogan: For those who don’t have everything.
Btw, I always put three small super magnets in the clip of my leatherman – I can store it on the swinging light, it is magnetized and can magnetize another tool easily, and I always know where to find a good magnet when I drop a screw etc.
The Over-Achieving Corkscrew
The Too Many Tool
The Coveted
or as my daughter the artist would most likely name it once she got it:
Precious
Make Monster
Deviant Device
Mischief Maker
The Unveiler
The Revealer
“Reveal Your Secrets”
credit for last to Professor Snape
Make: Anything
Make: More Magic
(look it up.)
Make: Bag of Tricks
(ala felix the cat)
Idea #1: Two different engravings, one on each side.
Make: Constructor and
Make: Destructor
That sums up what I do with my Leatherman. It would be even cooler if you could get them made with the two sides in different colors (blue/red).
Ideas #2+: Regular names.
Make: EVC (Exploded View Creator)
Make: Mechanical Spelunker
Make: Polymath
Make: Externalizer
Idea #1: Two different engravings, one on each side.
Make: Constructor and
Make: Destructor
That sums up what I do with my Leatherman. It would be even cooler if you could get them made with the two sides in different colors (blue/red).
Ideas #2+: Regular names.
Make: EVC (Exploded View Creator)
Make: Mechanical Spelunker
Make: Polymath
Make: Externalizer
Warranty knife
Warranty tool
Make: warranty
Make: busted
Make: kaput
Make: good
Make: nice
Make: mine
Making it
Make: something
Make: a lot
Make: plenty
Make: loads
Make: repurpose
Make: new
Make:Believer
Getting tons of errors trying to post; hopefully this will eventually get posted exactly once:
Makeamajig
QC Inspector
as in Quality Control…
because if it isn’t good enough (likely)…
you’ll MAKE it better!
I still don’t see my comment, so I’ll try again.
Unveiler
Revealer
“Reveal Your Secrets”
the last is courtesy of Professor Snape.
QC Inspector
as in “Quality Control”.
Because if it isn’t good enough (likely),
you’ll MAKE it better!
How about:
Thing Opener
Lets call it
MAKE: 3B
— Bigger Better Badder —
MAKE: Discovery -or- Discoveries
Pocket Destruction
thats all i have today!!!
oh wait — one more
is that a juice in your pocket or are you happy to see me!!!
keep it simple,
Un:Make
ReMakeR
Hardware Remaker
Hardware Modifier
Hardware Alterer
Bodger
Tweaker
Fiddler
Tinkerer
The Acme Blade
DiY Driver
Multi-Driver
MakeMaster
The General
Bluebonic – The Maker Pandemic
Make:Twitch
Make:Agile
Make:Field Engineer
Make:Rigg
Make:Rigger
Make:Outfit
Make:Render
Make:Unmakr
Make:Un-Made
Make:Un-Maker
Make:FET (Field Engineers Tool)
Make:FETT (Field Engineering Teardown Tool)
Make:FERT (Field Engineering and Repair Tool)
Make:FART (Field Appliance Repair Tool)
Make:CERT (Critical Engineering Response Tool)
Make:OOPS (Opening Operations, Pliers and Saw)
Make:CUTR
Make:GITRDUN
Make:FAOTAH (Forgot All Other Tools At Home)
Make:SHTF
Make: Access
Make: Accessible
Make: Accessibility
I make: stuff
make: out
butler
saviour
improvise
magic
mojo
party in my pocket
MAKE: Handy Hacker
The MAKEvolution
I’ve seen “tweaker” already, but this is obviously not the Little Tweaker, it’s the:
Grand Tweaker
Or, in the tradition of so many case labels that I have ripped through:
User Serviceable Parts
“Skeleton Key”
or just “Key”
I really think it should be called the Officer (or maybe Officr if you are like that). The reason is that in the Swiss Army, you have to be of officers rank to get a corkscrew on your issue knife!
Make: Up
Make: Ready
Make: Everything
Make: it better
why not stay edgy:
(hey yeah!)Edgy
or better:
iVoid
“Make:Magic”
“Maker’s Hand”
Make Eyeball Cleaner
“Jugosa”, spanish for “juicy”
Product Revisor
DMCA Circumventor
Case Opener
Case Breaker
EULA Eliminator
OEM Enemy
Manufacturer’s Nemesis
Happy Hardware Hacker
“Jugosa”, spanish for “juicy”.
Product Revisor
DMCA Circumventor
EULA Eliminator
Case Opener
Case Breaker
OEM Enemy
Manufacturer’s Nemesis
Happy Hardware Hacker
“Hack Attack”
Make: Disassembler
Portable Workshop
Pocket Maker
Portable Maker
Make: Disassembler
Portable Maker
Pocket Maker
MiT, Make it Tool
Bluey or ka Bluey
Mpt14 , Make pocket tool 14 (14 tools in one )
Mt14 (-pocket)
Mt (Make tool)
MT3 (3rd Make Tool)
MuM ,Make unMake
Make-O-Matic, MoM
Make “My Day”
Make Do it “DoIt”
The Spider
I don’t think these have been suggested.
Make: Dorm Room Toolbox
Make: Jewel of the Toolbox
Make: Your New Best Friend
Make: Who Needs Help?
Make: Help is for Wimps
Make: I Can Do That
Make: I’ll Do It
Make: I Can Take It
I also really liked SteveNJ’s earlier post of “Cool Tool for School.” Nicely done.
Make: Awlsome
Make: Sawsome
Make Apartner
slogan: It takes a partner to Make.
Katrina
Pocket Katrina
Pocket B-29
The Splitist (a communist word for people not happy with the status quo : )
The Surgeon
slogan: For truly extreme makeovers, call on the surgeon.
Extreme Makeover Toolkit
The Grim Maker
The Separatist
Gadget Cleaver
slogan: You can’t have too much cleavage.
The Gadget Grenade
slogan: Takes you beyond the point of the no return policy.
Reductio Ad Absurdum
The Grave Robber
slogan: For those who need to dig deeper.
Junkyard Dog
Jaws of Rebirth
From my feeble attempts at translation:
MAKE: Manus Operandi (hand operation)
MAKE: Ferramentum Utilis (useful tool made of iron)
Make: Awlsome
Make: Sawsome
Make: Screwed
Make: Cutter
Make: Origami
Make: i.cut
Make: wiicut
Make: Task at Hand
Make: Discombobulator
Make: Bigger Hammer
Make: Subtlety
Make: Implement of Creation
Make: Implement of Destruction
Make: Implement of Invention
Make: Implement of Innovation
heh
The MacGyver Violator
Make:[Dis|Re]Assembler
D’yer Make:
Make:Prime
Make:zilla
Make:do
Make: Open Accessory
Access Accessory
Unsealer
Product Unsealer
Sealbreaker
The Clawglip
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clawglip#Clawgrip
Internal Revealer
the toolbox
the solution
the answer
MAKE:OSK (oh shit kit) (from Bre Pettis DIY survival talk)
MAKE:DIY
MAKE: MultiPlier
MAKE do
MAKE: Tool up
Tool and die
IRL Photoshop
IRL CAD
Hardware Dissection Tool (or Hardware Exploration Tool)
slogan: Just Add Hammer
The Regadgetator
slogan: You can’t keep a good gadget down.
How about
Make:Church Key
I like /dev/tool but that’s just me :)
Dale
whole tool
Make: PACKSOCSS – the first initial of primary features:
P-liers
A-wl
C-utter
K-nife
S-crewdriver
O-pener
C-orkscrew
S-cissors
S-aw
Other possibilities include:
Make: Inspiration
Make: Innovator
Make: Transmogrifier (Word coined by Bill Waterson ~ Calvin & Hobbes)
Make: Entropy
Make: De-Maker
Make: It All
Make: Murphy
Make: BTDT (better than duct tape)
Make: PACKSOCSS – the first initial of primary features:
P-liers
A-wl
C-utter
K-nife
S-crewdriver
O-pener
C-orkscrew
S-cissors
S-aw
Other possibilities include:
Make: Inspiration
Make: Innovator
Make: Transmogrifier (Word coined by Bill Waterson ~ Calvin & Hobbes)
Make: Entropy
Make: De-Maker
Make: It All
How about:
the possiblizer
or
Make: Possible
how about:
The Possibilier
or
Make: Possible
how about:
The Possibilizer
or
Make: Possible
MAKE: It Open
The Commons
The Disambiguator
The Frobnicator
Make: Implementor
(noun, not verb)
Make: Working End!
(i.e. ‘The working end of a…’)
The Potentiator
The Gefingerpoker.
. . . but if i was:
“OPEN SORCERER”
MAKE: Amender
MAKE: Mecha
The Intertwingler.
Make: FixIt
“If it ain’t broke you aren’t trying hard enough.”
“If it ain’t broke you must be working on your spare.”
The Void-O-Matic, it cuts! It pries! It…unscrews things!
I keep thinking of the Dan Ackroyd sketch from SNL, Super Bass-O-Matic 76…best link I could find:
http://www.jibjab.com/view/172241
Or how about SuperVoider – More powerful than a shrink-wrap license! Able to leap warrantees in a single bound!
Lastly, how about HandMod – Upgrade your hand with the best thing since opposable thumbs!
I can just see the commercials – “Still using a rock to open electronics cases? [caveman smashing a case with a rock, then looking confused and disappointed with results] Then try our new…”
Since everyone needs a “thingamajig” to have around the house, and since most makers have several, we should call this little guy a:
“think-a-MAKE-jig”
in order to differentiate it.
Variations: think&MAKEjig, thinkaMAKEjig, tinkerMAKEjig.
-Doc
MAKE:Survival.
MAKE:Utility.
TechTalon.
Mr. McTool.
Pocket full o’ sharp ‘n poky things.
Compact Robot Neutralizer.
Blue Unbolter.
That’s not a corkscrew.
‘lil Gouger .
Utili-Bleed.
No, you can’t borrow it.
Pocket tool sandwich.
Folding robot nightmare.
Tool Grandpa doesn’t recognize.
Cybernetic node deactivator.
No, there’s no toothpick.
Things with which to poke one’s eye out with.
Norwegian Army Knife.
Attention TSA : NOT A WEAPON.
Guess the hidden tool.
No User Serviceable Parts Inside, my ass!
Make: Bustopenator
Make: IT
Thing
Modifier
BlueShift
Make:BlueShift
MAKE: backstage pass
MAKE: open sesame
Make: Responsibly
Make: It A Double
Make: And Drive
Make: Ferment
Make: DIY + CH3CH2OH -> DIYUI
Make: DIYUI
I think Make: Ferment is my favorite.
http://www.answers.com/ferment&r=67
Circuit Breaker
Improviser
Didn’t notice that “open sesame” was taken…
EKAM
That’s what you’re supposed to do with this tool right? Take stuff apart and reorder it to suit your needs. I needed a name, so I took the word MAKE apart and reordered it!
The Do-It-Yerself’r
The Do-It-Yourself’r
The DIY’r
How about “The DeMaker”
I don’t remember seeing these but I might be mistaken:
Make: Accessible
Make: User Serviceable
If not one of my ideas, I vote for one of the following:
Make: Thing Opener
MAKR Key
Your MAKR – as in to meet your maker
Hack Attack
Lots of good suggestions here, and a fair bit of truly silly ones. Fun times!
Make:Share,Repeat
Make:OLD RED
Make:Tarantula
Make:Play
Make:Sesame((as in open sesame)bit of a stretch)
Make:Ver.2
Make:RE
Make:Improve
Make:Create
MAKE: sharp kid
MAKE: implement plan b
raclopentor
wastor
BRINGTOR
Cractor
wayfuneantor
An awl? Wine opener? obviously a romantic tool…
Make:Naked
Make:Clothing Optional
Make:Romance
Make:<3
Make: Reality Rearranger
Make: Then Take A Break
Make: It Easy
Make: Reality Rearranger
Make: Reality Reshaper
I love how loose-brained everybody is. And I mean that in a totally positive way…
For “enhancer”…
That would be “Make:” on one handle, like the older one, and “enhancer” on the other handle.
Make: Deep Blue
How about ” The Wild Blue Modder/or, Modifier”
Make: Disassembly
Make: Disassembler
Make: Breaker
MAKE-It-or-Break-It Tool
iMAKE
iMAKE It
Bluezilla 2.0
Bluezilla 2000
iHack
iHack It
Pandora’s Key
spicoli’s old man
or
television repairman
Source: Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Spicoli and L.C. have just waffled L.C.’s brother blue Mustang. L.C. predicts his brother will void his bowels in surprise, kill both of them or do both. Spicoli says “Relax, all right? My old man is a television repairman, he’s got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it.
Why: Because everything goes better with a Fast Times at Ridgemont High quote.
spicoli’s old man
or
television repairman
Source: From Fast Times at Ridgemont High. L.C. and Spicoli have just waffled L.C.’s brother’s car. L.C. is freaking out, predicting his brother will either void his bowles in surprise, kill them, or do both. Spicoli turns to hims and says “Relax, all right? My old man is a television repairman, he’s got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it.”
Why: because everything goes better with a Fast Times quote.
double-post. Sorry all.
Devil Ma-Kair
Fresh Maker
The Make:Anything
JimmyCrack
or
Colossus
or
Baan
MAKE: Mischief
The RDA Effect
or
Make:RDA
If Ken Burns has his own effect in iMovie, so too should Richard Dean Anderson, Mr. MacGyver himself.
well, i know that my ideas are probably lame, but here goes:
hackinator
hacktastic
hacktool
in case you’re wondering about the theme, i couldn’t think of anything else
Make: Ice
Make: Ocean
Make: Lightning
Tooliere (a french twist on the phrase)
MAKE:
Liberator
bigger and toolier
toolier
Make: toolier
juicey
Make: juicey
How about a Babylon 5 inspired name.
Call it “The Great Maker!”.
You could also use
Make: IT
Trouble Maker
Creator
The Widget. I’ve always wondered what one looks like
Deep Blue
Phantom Blue
Blue Phantom
Open Sesame
BMOO (Big Mother Of an Opener)
BFT-9000 (Big Freakin’ Tool)
BTM (Better Than a Manual)
OYICOI (Oh, Yes I Can Open It!)
WIT-1000 (What’s In There?)
Make: Creative Studio Pocked Edition
Hens the CS4 on the side.
Make: Creative Studio Pocket Edition
Spell check doesn’t help the illiterate!
Make: it Now
Make: Now
Make: Time Machine
Maker’s Little Buddy
Make: #2
Maker’s Number Two
Maker’s Little Helper
Make: Sidekick
OK, I’ll try again
BiggerHammer – Don’t force it, get a BiggerHammer (TM)
Mach 6 – In honour of the 6 simple machines. (building blocks of all things mechanical)
cuz it is, isn’t it?
Makinator!
Makenator!
How about Sapphire Blue?
Circuit breaker.
Reverse engineer.
Electron engineer.
Simple machine.
Machine key.
Eye poker?
Anything with a joke about “manual” in it is also good stuff.
The pocket toolbox
The portable toolbox
The deserted island tool
The castaway saver
threat Maker
exploit finder
“MAKE/unMAKE”
Similarly,
“MAKE/unMAKE/reMake”
“Makeroni and Cheese”
“Old Made”
MAKE:TSAnervous
Make: Life hacker
it’s sort of already been mentioned, but not this variant.
Also: Undo..Redo..Profit
1. Make It Mine
2. undo..redo..profit
Owner (as in, if you can’t open it you don’t own it…)
KeyMaster
Dolt
Thingy
Prankster
Transmogrifier (should probably check with Mr. Watterson on that one)
Freelance/Freelancer
Hybrid
Nirvana
Valhalla
Loki
Breadwinner
Anansi
Excalibur
Gretzky (the Great One!)
1.) Go Go Gadget! (Go Go Gadget Make:….
…..er….Make: Go Go Gadget ______ (fill in blank with tool being used)
2.) Make: Loki
(ie: hand of God………….see. Dogma)
Make: Dinglehopper
Every want to have one.
But … it’s mine!
Here’s another one:
The overpriced can opener!
BlueCrush
BlueTool or Blue2L
LifeKnife
Make-a-mah-jig
ComboMombo
OMG, it looks like a monster!
Makezilla?
I think it should be called the Delver’s tool.
A Delver is one that digs in and searches laboriously. I think that this is the essence of Making.
It is not just about tinkering, it is about digging into an unknown and searching for the truth of the matter. Getting past the corporate labyrinths and finding the treasure within. It is about using what you have to make things better for you.
The Delvers of the past and Makers of the current live by their wits, talents, and skills. They often make do with what they have at hand. They are jacks-of-all-trades.
Delvers preferred tools that had multiple uses over specialized tools. This allowed them to maximize their abilities and minimize their encumbrance.
I see many parallels between Makers and Delvers and I think that creating this link between the two sub cultures would be an excellent way to honor the past, while creating the future.
simply
Make: it
or maybe
Break: it
Thor
Rube (as in Rube Goldberg)
¡Chingon! (someone who can get things done, is a total bad ass and is way cool)
Make: WYSIWYG
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