The Joys of Restoring Vintage Tools
It’s fun to find vintage tools at flea markets and garage sales, restore them, and add them to your collection.
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Who Knew Installing Walls Could Be so Entertaining?
Lots of Makers document their builds, but this woodworker took extra care to create a stop motion video while he installed these walls.
Zen and the Art of Microscope Maintenance
One man’s quest to restore a busted scanning electron microscope.
Learn Electronics from the World’s Oldest Drum Machine
A new video series uses an obsolete drum machine to teach everything from voltage to vacuum tubes.
DiResta: Draw Knife Restoration
In this episode of DiResta, Jimmy restores an old draw knife he found in a rusty pile of antiques at a flea market.
Before and After: Vintage Radio with Raspberry Pi
The Raspberry Pi has truly opened up all kinds of possibilities in custom entertainment. One of the most fascinating possibilities lies in replacing the guts of a vintage radio or other media device and enhancing its abilities while keeping the aesthetics of yesterday. Gordon, who studied computer science and works in the semiconductor industry, decided […]
DiResta: Chisel Restoration
Here, you see me restore an old chisel that has been with me for more than 20 years.
