5 Must-Have Jewelry Making Tools
Ready to start making your own jewelry? Here are 5 must-have tools that you’ll need to get started!
Tools
Tool Review: VamPLIERS Screw Extraction Tool
Vampire Tool’s patented VamPLIERS are advertised as a multipurpose screw remover, and they’re very good at it. The jaws have rounded recesses with vertical serrations, as well as the standard horizontal ones, making it much easier to grip and turn screw heads. They look great and are super handy to have around for stripped or security-head screws.
DIY Laser Cutter Kit on Kickstarter
Patrick Hood-Daniel and MAKE friend James Floyd Kelly are developing a DIY laser cutter and marketing it via a Kickstarter campaign. While laser cutters share many similarities to CNC machines and 3D printers (mainly in motors that control movement or software/electronics that define where to cut, mill, print, etc.), the one thing they don’t share […]
Tool Review: Engineer PH-55 Scissors GT
Besides some top-notch bloggin’, the team at I Heart Engineering maintains a great catalog of interesting and hard-to-find tools, kits, parts, and other gear for makers. When these crazy-looking heavy-duty scissors by trending Japanese toolmongers Engineer Inc. first caught my eye, a few weeks back, I was not at all surprised to find that I Heart Engineering was the only place in the U.S. I could find them.
In the Maker Shed: Getting Started with Netduino Kit
Do you think the Netduino is simply an Arduino that’s internet capable? You’d be wrong! Find out all about this ARM powered, .NET programmable microcontroller with the Maker Shed’s Getting Started with Netduino Kit.
Tool Review: Mitutoyo Vernier Caliper
Although old fashioned and requiring a bit of math, Mitutoyo vernier calipers are precise, consistent, reliable, and a joy to take measurements with (at least with a bit of practice.)
In the Maker Shed: Microcontroller Quick Launch Pack
Are you interested in starting out with Arduino but don’t know which kit to get? Check out the Microcontroller Quick Launch Pack from the Maker Shed! It’s the perfect “in between” kit for Arduino. This bundle includes a few more components than the Getting Started with Arduino Kit (like a Maker Shield) but not nearly […]