Painting assistants
Cool painting tools, from the Lee Valley Tools Catalog, spotted on Dinosaurs and Robots. The pyramids are for raising up objects that you’re painting. Handy Painting Tools from Lee Valley
Toolbox
Prototype This – Joe’sTool kit… Oscilloscope
Good to see some vids from Joe @ Prototype This – The Oscilloscope, soldering, multimeter! The also released a full episode “Mind controlled car“.
Typewriter repair shop
Here’s a rather charming little video from the LA Times on three generations of repairmen who’ve operated a typewriter shop. The proprietors say they’ve seen a resurgence of interest in the manual typewriter in recent years as interrupt-driven computer users seek out a writing tool that does just the one thing: allow you to write, […]
Patrick from buildyourcnc.com at Maker Faire
Patrick from buildyourcnc.com talks to Chris Connors at Maker Faire Austin about making machines that can make other machines. More: Making Austin Weird: CNC Times 3(+)
Craftsman tool Halloween ad
We saw this Craftsman tool skeleton ad while we watching Mythbusters on Discovery Channel – it’s very clever! They have Halloween wallpaper and an email tool on their site, too.
Sustainable Building Sourcebook
From Austin Energy, here’s a good overview of a variety of sustainable construction technologies. Much of this is Austin-centric, but the reading references and overviews are broadly applicable. For example, here’s the start of the graywater systems page: In Central Texas, any opportunity to reuse water should be taken because we are using up more […]
60 X 30 packaging bench
So, I have to give kuddos to Global Industries for doing the best job I’ve ever seen publishing information about a workbench. If you’re a maker that ships things for a living, this is a nice bench. Global isn’t an advertiser or anything like, they just did a great job with showing exactly what they’re […]
