Chuck has this week’s installment of “The week in tools”– We looked at lots of practical tools this week, including some uber-inexpensive interlocking flooring that’s great for anywhere you stand a lot – like the workbench – and costs about a quarter as much as the tool-store standard, a five-outlet extension cord adapter that snaps […]
MAKE reader Monopole writes in with an a minty fresh tool for getting in to small places and lighting them up, but this tool is not used in its indented way… – it’s a dental kit for your tool box. Three indispensable tools for any maker are dental tools (for poking around in little things), […]
Chuck has the latest week in tools for us — If you’re still using an old manual wire stripper, you might want to think about stepping up to a self-adjusting model. We spent some hands-on time with a new one from Irwin this week that made the cut. We also previewed a new “third-hand-like” vise […]
The latest TNT has hit the web (you can get these sent directly to you from MAKE for free too) — Throw away your calculator (but not your computer), save your eyes, keep up to date on the stars, make super-quick breakfasts, and have a rockin’ good time making a literary clock. Here are a […]
Chuck writes – We just posted a pretty sweet test of cheap crimp terminals vs. decent ones with a breakdown of how to identify the best performers; it struck me as something Makers’d be into Some months back when Chuck mentioned a Storehouse brand assortment of crimp terminals, I commented that this was one place […]
The Angle-izer instant template looks incredibly handy, I’m going to see if there are smaller versions for tiny projects… The Easiest Way to Transfer and Measure Angles. Finally a quick, precise way to measure angles without having to construct a special template. Just set the Angle-izer Instant Template in place, slide its four arms to […]
Jason writes in with this cool periodic table of tools from ReadyMade… – “While browsing a site linked in an Instructable I was referred to by the Make blog, I came across this Periodic Table of Hardware. If that ain’t Make material, I don’t know what is!” – Link & @ the ReadyMade store. I’m […]
