How-To: Sharpen Your Scissors
Are your favorite scissors getting dull? Give inexpensive scissors a new lease on life with a sheet of sandpaper and this scissors sharpening tutorial!
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How to Engrave Custom Artwork onto an Instrument Using the Dremel Micro
At World Maker Faire New York, I had a chance to hang out with artists Jaime Locke and Hank Robinson. Both were at the event showing off their skills in the Dremel booth. Their engravings are quite inspiring and during conversation, they convinced me to give it a try. After getting to know the Dremel […]
From The Gift Guide: Tremendous Tools And Tech
Makers need tools. Its simple, we can’t make stuff without the proper tools. Maybe that tool is a screwdriver, maybe it is a scanner, maybe it is just storage for the parts of our projects. We have to have them or nothing will get done! The Tools & Tech section of our Ultimate Makers Gift […]
We Spent a Week with Carvey, Inventables’ New 3D Carver, and We Donโt Want to Give it Back
A clean, quiet, and seamless hardware/software experience makes this an addictive machine.
Tools: Leatherdos Mini Tool Hair Clips
I’m a sucker for a good multitool, and, as a barrette-wearing lady, these amazing Leatherdos mini tool hair clips from designer Yaacov Goldberg are definitely making my heart go pitter-patter!
Building Your Own Workbench
Building a nice workbench is a very important task. Many people have come up with many approaches. DiResta showed us earlier this week how a simple design with solid welded frame could both look nice and possibly last forever. What if you aren’t set up to weld though? Chris Finke built this workbench to be […]
Meet Primitive Pete, or How Not to Use Your Tools
[youtube:http://youtu.be/sd2PNHysj7A] Do you know how a hammer works? Yes, probably, you do โ it hasn’t changed much in millennia, and even less in the last 70 years. So this video, a promotional effort by Disney and General Motors from 1945, feels at first like an occasionally delightful, occasionally cringe-worthy (the only character is “Primitive Pete”) […]
