HOW TO – Convert a battery drill to wall power
Here’s how to convert a battery drill to wall power – Link.
Tools
TNT, Round 15: Shoot for the Moon
The latest TNT (Tips-N-Tools) is up, this one includes a wonderful hour-long video of Erin McKean, editor of the New American Oxford Dictionary, talking about dictionaries (it may not sound like the most exciting topic on the planet, but it’s really worth checking out!), a great service for making your own books, encouragement to relive […]
The week in tools
Chuck has this week’s installment of “The week in tools”– We looked at lots of practical tools this week, including some uber-inexpensive interlocking flooring that’s great for anywhere you stand a lot – like the workbench – and costs about a quarter as much as the tool-store standard, a five-outlet extension cord adapter that snaps […]
RFID experimentation kit
They’re sold out, but this a good bundle to get started with RFID — Dare You Experiment with the RFID Devil? Depending on who you ask, RFID technology is either the “Mark of the Beast”, or a global panacea destined to rescue the grocery stores and Walmarts of the world from shoplifting. But any good […]
Dental kit for your toolbox
MAKE reader Monopole writes in with an a minty fresh tool for getting in to small places and lighting them up, but this tool is not used in its indented way… – it’s a dental kit for your tool box. Three indispensable tools for any maker are dental tools (for poking around in little things), […]
The week in tools
Chuck has the latest week in tools for us — If you’re still using an old manual wire stripper, you might want to think about stepping up to a self-adjusting model. We spent some hands-on time with a new one from Irwin this week that made the cut. We also previewed a new “third-hand-like” vise […]
TNT, Round 14: Time After Time
The latest TNT has hit the web (you can get these sent directly to you from MAKE for free too) — Throw away your calculator (but not your computer), save your eyes, keep up to date on the stars, make super-quick breakfasts, and have a rockin’ good time making a literary clock. Here are a […]