Tool Review: Dewalt DWS780 Sliding Miter Saw
Dewalt’s DWS780 sliding miter saw is a beast of a cross-cutting machine that can handle workpieces up to 16″ wide.
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Criminal Crafts Project Excerpt: How to Make a Glue Gun Bandolier
I love crafts with a bit of an edge to them, and the projects in the new book, Criminal Crafts, from Shawn Bowman (a.k.a Miss Demeanor,) deliver edge in a big way. Criminal Crafts: Outlaw Projects for Scoundrels, Cheats, and Armchair Detectives is a sassy manifesto of 30 projects steeped in noir and espionage culture. […]
Tool Review: Garrett Wade Yankee Push Drill
Michael Castor compares the Garrett Wade Yankee push drill against an original Stanley version in this week’s Toolsday column. See how it stacks up against a tried and true classic.
Honor the Exotic Pliers
Please don’t call them “wire strippers.” The more PC term is “exotic pliers.”
DIY Portable Electronics Tool Kit
Dustin White of the i3 Detroit hackerspace created this instructable on how to assemble your own electronics tool kit. Dustin suggests everything from packets of Sugru to desoldering braid, a sharpie, a dental pick, a multitool, as well as the gotta-have multimeter and soldering iron. How about you? What do you keep in your portable […]
Solid Copper Rescue Tool
After mulling it over for several hours, crunching the numbers, and running an exhaustive cost-benefit analysis, I am forced to conclude that the amount of serious demolition, vehicle extraction, and/or fire-fighting work I perform under explosive-atmosphere conditions, in an average workday, does not justify the expense of this gorgeous hand axe, made of non-sparking beryllium copper alloy, from NGK Berylco of Sweetwater, Tennessee. But, damn, I tried.
Easy to Make MDF and Timing Belt Gears
This has to be one of the cheapest and easiest ways to create gears for medium-sized weekend projects. In a pinch, cut some MDF about the same size as the gear you want to make and then glue a piece of automotive timing belt around the circumference.