Five expedient breadboard prototyping tricks
I especially like the use of staples as emergency jumpers.
Tools
Skill Set: Soldering
It all starts with soldering. Over the years, we’ve been on something of a mission to teach soldering to all of our readers and we hope we’ve encouraged some of you to take the plunge. If not, now’s the time! It’s really not hard to do. It just takes a little practice and a few […]
In the Maker Shed: 54 Piece Bit Driver Kit
Got some strange screws that need unscrewing? Want to get in there and modify some gear the manufacturer didn’t trust you to open? Check out the 54 Piece Bit Driver Kit from the Maker Shed. The kit includes a magnetized driver with metal shaft, swivel top, and rubberized grip, a 60 mm extension, a 130 mm flexible extension, and 54 bits. Problem solved!
Yarn Monster
Union Bridge Labs made some rad mods to their yarn ball winder: Part machine. Part monster. The yarn monster eats raw yarn and excretes perfectly rolled yarn balls. A wireless remote control allows for the adjustment of the speed at which the monster consumes your yarn. Yarn Monster eats other yarn winders for breakfast. [via […]
How-To: Revamp an Old Toolbox
John Park @ Make: Online writes: Depressed by the utter unmanliness of the plastic toolboxes at my local hardware store, I headed to the flea market to see if I could do better. I was looking for a heavy-duty hunk of American steel. It didn’t take long to spot a real beauty … if you […]
Cyclon lawn tractor plow
Snow is on the minds (and driveways) for us in the northeast, so Johngineer couldn’t help but to cylon-up a lawn tractor snow plow. He writes: Back in September I attended the Open Hardware Summit — Everybody who attended got a swag-bag of goodies. Included among these was a Larson Scanner by Evil Mad Scientist […]
Best of Make: Online 2010 — Tools
Here are a few of our favorite tools that we covered in 2010. Please tell us what some of yours were, in the Comments below. #10 Gorillatorch Blade LED Light, $59.95, Maker Shed [From Holiday Gift Guide 2010: Tools for Makers] #9 James Vreeland’s homemade hammer, inherited from his grandfather. Read the moving story in […]