Drill chuck food chain
Nick hits us with the drill chuck food chain, he also has a Kant twist clamp circle of life – Link. Previous: C-Clamp food chain – Link. Send us your Bob-Vila-meets-Darwin tool photos!
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Cheap ethernet cables & more from Home Depot
Russell Beattie reports on his blog that the Home Depot has really good deals on cables and other items, better than the usual retailers, he writes – “Home Depot sells a lot of electronics cables right on the same aisle as the extension cords. Everything from RCA adapters to ethernet cables – and they’re all […]
C-Clamp food chain
From Kaden – C-Clamp food chain. There’s always a bigger fish.
Dremel Stylus – it’s nice
My Dremel Stylus came in, I really like it, etching little skulls on Corona bottles has never been easier. Previous: Dremel introduces ‘Stylus’ for precision modding – $69 Link.
Mr. McGroovy’s cardboard rivets
Mark writes – “Mr. Mc Groovy’s sells plastic rivets for connecting cardboard boxes- has plans to make some neat kid’s playhouses, a firetruck…Rivets could be used for other materials like coroplast, etc.” – Link.
Plastic you can mold in your home for DIY projects
Mike writes – “For those who don’t know, Shapelock is a polymer (plastic) similar to polypropylene except that it has a very low temperature softening point. The idea is that you heat some water to around 160 degrees F and dump some of the pellets into the water to soften them to a moldable state. […]
Bitmoore drill press vise
Andy writes – “Hey guys- great site and mag! Anyway, I was piddling around in the workshop yesterday, and I wondered if my drill press could do some basic plastic and maybe wood machining with the right bit and setup. I put a flat router bit in the drill press and put some PVC pipe […]