Mister Jalopy’s Community Toolbox
Make a toolbox of loaner tools to share with family, friends, and members of your community.
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Maker Shed exclusive: LoL Shield in beautiful blue or white
The LoL Shield is a charlieplexed LED matrix for the Arduino. The LEDs are individually addressable, so you can use it to display anything in a 9×14 grid. The Maker Shed carries the standard red and green versions, along with our exclusive ultra bright blue and white.
Make and Mend: Platform21’s repair manifesto
I found this cool manifesto while digging through the dusty shelves of the MAKE Flickr pool, and thought it was particularly apropos given that this is Make and Mend month! Most excellent. What do you think readers? What would you add or take away?
Make and Mend tricks from Tim Anderson
When I was editing The Best of Instructables, one of my favorite authors in the book was Tim Anderson, who also edits our regular “Heirloom Technology” column in MAKE. Tim has hundreds of Instructables, many of them collections of time-saving, energy-saving, make-do, and kludgey-cool repair tips. Here are some excerpts from his Tips articles related […]
Make & Mend ideas from @make_tips
@make_tips is our twitter feed where we share suggestions and ideas on all manner of makery goodness, ranging from tips on how to organize your workshop to suggestions for cleaning, repairing, and tool use. In honor of our monthly theme of Make & Mend, here are some of the ideas from @make_tips. Nasty scuff on […]
Repair and maintenance tips from Laura’s dad
When we put out the call for our Make and Mend theme, our awesome editorial assistant, Laura Cochrane, asked her dad for some ideas. Craig Cochrane is a former U.S. naval officer, a general building contractor, and a woodworker. He’s currently building a one-and-a-half story architecturally detailed carriage house. Here are a few tips he […]
Shop Tools 101 at Madagascar Institute, Brooklyn
Photograph by Eric Ogden for a Madagascar Institute profile in Popular Mechanics On Thursday, August 12, 2010 (7:00PM – 9:00PM), in Brooklyn, NY, our friends at the Madagascar Institute are doing a workshop called Shop Tools 101. This two hour class, which SHOULD be a pre-requisite for most Madagascar Institute classes, will teach you the […]