Tips of the Week: Spinning Minis, Saving Breadboard Space, and Perhaps the Homeliest Tool Ever
From hobby ideas to electronics prototyping tips to tool inspirations, we cover the spread this week.
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Turning an Angle Grinder into a Multitool
Watch one industrious maker turn an angle grinder into a versatile tool for working metal and wood.
Tips of the Week: Cutting Resin with Microbeads, Herringbone CNC Tape, Hiring a Machine Shop
Learn the Feynman technique, skip the tabs on your CNC jobs, ID your tools, and learn how to talk to a machine shop.
Hand-Cutting and Fire-Hardening Steel Files Using Ancient Techniques
Making a set of files just like the ancients, from mild, case-hardened steel.
Tips of the Week: Adjusting Nail Gun Pressure on the Fly, Clear Storage, Heat-Forming PVC
This week’s top tips on using a nail gun, organizing your supplies, staying inspired, sewing machine troubleshooting, and more.
Tips of the Week: Tool Layout, Parachute Bags, Glove-Love, and Bendy Sticks
Organizing and carrying your tools and materials, drawing quick curves, and bit sharpening.
Tips of the Week: Enlarging Washers, Gaffer’s Tape Patterns, Screw Identifying Tools
Identifying your fasteners, making patterns with gaffer’s tape, burning marks in wood, and more on zip tie cutting.