Avoid Marring, Open Plastic Cases With A Cut Credit Card
Clever tip from reader Ryan O’Horo. [Thanks, Ryan!]
Tools
Free Download: Camp Axe Sheath Template
Don’t let the advertising-quality photography fool you: This is the work of an individual maker (specifically Matt of Wood&Faulk) who wants to share it with you just for the pleasure of sharing. Well, that and the traffic, probably. We all <3 the traffic. [via NOTCOT]
Son of Know Your Bolts
In the comments on yesterday’s piece about Bolt Depot’s poster of fasteners, a reader, JamesB, wrote: I would encourage budding young fabricators to also take a look at the bolt grade charts and get an inexpensive universal thread gauge. For found fasteners, the grade markings help differentiate metric from SAE, and the thread gauge helps […]
Know Your Bolts Redux
Back in January, John Baichtal wrote about the Bolt Depot’s downloadable PDF posters [PDF, 520K] of common (and not so common) screws, bolts, washers, nuts, and other fasteners. But we thought, in light of our Mechanics Skill Set coverage, we’d remind our readers of them. Not only is the PDF great, but the Bolt Depot […]
Maker Shed Now Carries Jameco Components and Tools
You already know and love Maker Shed, and now there are even more reasons to make makershed.com your 1-stop shop for all your kits, components, and tool needs. You have always been able to pick up and Arduino, Netduino, or cool kit from the the Maker Shed store, but what about all those ‘parts’ that you need for your next project? That’s where our partnership with Jameco saves the day.
Amigurumi Siu Mai
Dim sum gets a lot cuter with these amigurumi siu mai by Stephanie from All About Ami.
Skill Builder: Building Woodworking Low Horses
Hone your woodworking skills while creating a useful shop tool by creating these simple, lovely, and very useful Japanese “low horses.”