I can’t believe we haven’t posted about these in the past (unless I missed them) — it’s a series of instructional MIT videos on “Machining Skills for Prototype Development.” Quite a nice little introduction to basic machine shop skills. [Thanks to Riley Porter, who posted this on the HacDC e-list] MIT TechTV — Machine Shop […]
Here’s an interesting stocking stuffer, probably one of those tools most of us wouldn’t have in our toolbox, but would relish once we’d used one. Via the Cool Tools review: I’m giving gimlet sets to a few lucky in-laws this year. I’ve found them to be a great time saver whenever I need a hole […]
Flickr user arms22 came up with this little “hack” to add at-a-glance color-coding to the resistor chart in his Maker’s Notebook. You could also just do neater colored squares, or outline the boxes for each color name, so you wouldn’t have to color in the entire row. arms22’s photostream More: Maker’s Notebook homepage In the […]
This little robot is tough! Run by a single motor, the Co-Robot kit walks with a decidedly “angry” pace. If he falls over, he is able to pick himself up and continue marching about thanks to an amazing gear mechanism. up again! An awesome design with an amazing gear mechanism, he will not quit!
Neil sent me this link to a cool trick for holding round-head screws while you cut the threads shorter. Cut a thin slit in a correspondingly-threaded nut, through one of the points. A rotary tool with an abrasive disk is probably a good tool for this. Then you can thread the screw in and grip the nut across the flats with pliers or a vise. Compression across the width of the slit will hold the screw firmly in place, and you can use the flat side of the nut to guide the saw.
Yep, that’s right, we have crickets Cricuts! No, not those chirpy little insects! These are electronic paper cutting machines! The Maker Shed carries the original Cricut Machine, the portable Cricut Create, and the larger Cricut Expression. All of these machines allow you to cut paper, or other materials, without a computer. Check out the full […]
The Maker Shed has put together a great electronics tool kit, with all of the essential tools one needs to get started in electronics. The kit includes a 30w adjustable soldering iron, a digital multimeter, a soldering stand, a Panavise Jr, various handtools, solder, spools of hook-up wire, and a Maker’s Notebook. It even comes […]
