Tips of the Week: Cheap Stripper, DIY Cutting Oil, and a Soap Finish
This week’s emergent theme: brewing your own solvents, oils, and finishes.
Workshop
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the industrial arts from metal and woodworking to CNC machining and 3D printing.
Tips of the Year: The Best Tips of 2017
A roundup of some of the best tips we came across this year.
Building Simple Speaker Stands
Bob Clagett shows how you can make a handsome set of speaker stands no matter what tools you have available.
Hacking Apart A Piano To Build A New Instrument
a unique instrument with some peculiar features
Cool Tools “Recommendo” Newsletter in Index Format
The wonderful Cool Tools tips and recommendations newsletter, now in a convenient, searchable form.
Making A Simple Japanese Pocket Knife
The Redsmith fashions a traditional Kiridashi pocket knife from steel stock.
7 Projects of the Year on Latest Maker Update
Donald Bell closes out the year of Maker Update with his favorite projects.