How to Hack a Syringe into a Glue Gun to Make an Applicator
Combine a disposable syringe and a cheap hot glue gun into a pistol-applicator for solder flux paste.
Toolbox
CNC pr0n: 5-axis mill carves a motorcycle helmet
As much as I admire the Dremel-on-a-Makerbot projects… wow. [thanks, Brandon]
Workshop Organization Tips
We asked you, our readers, to share some of your favorite shop organization tips with us. Here are some of your suggestions.
Toolbox: SMT soldering tools
In the Make: Online Toolbox, we focus mainly on tools that fly under the radar of more conventional tool coverage: in-depth tool-making projects, strange, or specialty tools unique to a trade or craft that can be useful elsewhere, tools and techniques you may not know about, but once you do, and incorporate them into your […]
How-To: Use a wirewrap tool
I never knew this little tool was so useful! I know what’s going in my next parts/tools order! Joe Saavedra shows us how to use a wirewrap tool in this informative video.
Pantry-Turned-Workshop
Some of us are lucky enough to easily find room for a workshop. Others, well, have to get creative. Make: Online reader Kenneth Lee converted his pantry (above photo) into an excellent workshop (bottom photo). I especially like his magnetic shop lamp with exactos and hemostats dangling from it. (Click on the “after” image to […]
Three-stage brush cleaner
Craig Smith wrote in with a brush-cleaning setup he created: Did you know: (1) Most people buy the cheap disposable paint brushes because they don’t want to clean the expensive one-coat brush, or have been burned before by losing an expensive brush to improper cleaning. (2) Most people clean a brush poorly in a one […]
