A Tour Through America’s Handmade Past
Mercer Museum is home to Dr. Henry Chapman Mercer’s collection of American artifacts and tools.
Tools
The Edinburgh Tool Library at the Edinburgh mini Maker Faire
You can’t own every tool, and even if you’re lucky enough to be a member of a hackspace or makerspace, you can’t take them home if they do. Which is where the Edinburgh Tool Library comes in, it’s a new charity that not only wants to lend you tools, but teach you how to use them.
Recycled Skateboard Art Knives
Husband and wife team SecondShot put a new spin on old skateboards with the spectacular knives that they’ve made from them.
How to Cut Heatshrink and Wire to Precise Lengths Quickly and Cheaply
Laziness that motivates efficiency is a virtue.
Boost Your BeagleBone Black with Breakout Board
Making a PCB is easier than you might expect.
Hacking a Vintage Belt Sander
Swapping out the motor of an old belt sander to create a precision finish sander.
Toward Thingiverse.gov?
Unrestricted 3D scans from Uncle Sam. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has released a memorandum directing federal agencies to develop a plan in the next six months to make their scientific collections publicly available. It’s the first step towards creating a central repository of all of the Government’s 3D scans. And the Government has a lot of things to be scanned.