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It’s common problem when you’re building anything with screws: this one is too long, this one is too short. While she can’t teach you how to fix the latter, [Quinn …read more Continue reading [Quinn Dunki] Makes a Screw Shortener Fit for Kings
Surface mount devices have gotten really small, so small that a poorly timed sneeze can send your 0603 and 0402 parts off to live with the dust motes lurking at …read more Continue reading Custom PCB is a Poor Man’s Pick and Place
Sometimes it’s the simplest hacks that make the biggest impact. Take these DIY magnetic PCB vises for example. Sure, you can go out and buy purpose-built tools, but [Dylan Radcliffe] …read more Continue reading Simple Hardware Store Hack Keeps Your PCBs Right Where You Want Them
Drilling holes can be quite time consuming work, particularly if you have to drill a lot of them. Think about all the hassle of grabbing a part, fixturing it in …read more Continue reading Drilling Rig Makes Accurate Holes In Seconds
If you need to make polyurethane belts in custom lengths, it’s not too hard. You just need to take lengths of flexible polyurethane filament, heat the ends, and join them …read more Continue reading Custom Polyurethane Belts Made Easy
[enhydra] needed to modify a bunch of side inserts from some cheap ABS enclosures, and to save time and effort, he created a simple vacuum table with swappable inserts to …read more Continue reading Modular Vacuum Table Custom-Fits The Parts
Metalworking has always been very much a “mixed method” art. Forging, welding, milling, grinding; anything to remove metal or push it around from one place to another is fair game …read more Continue reading Plasma Cutting and 3D Printing Team Up to Make Bending Thick Sheet Steel Easier
Golf balls are wonderfully tactile things. They have a semi-grippy covering, and they’re a beautiful size and weight that sits nicely in the hand. Sadly, most of them just get …read more Continue reading Machining a Golf Ball To Make a Lovely Tactile Volume Knob
[Advoko] is an expert at milling logs into various sizes of boards. He typically uses nothing but a chainsaw to enable him to mill on-site without needing to bring any …read more Continue reading Self-Propelled Chainsaw Reduces Injuries
If you’re looking for the perfect excuse to buy that big, beautiful Bridgeport mill, we’ve got some bad news: it’s not going to be making perfectly square end cuts on …read more Continue reading Square Cuts on Aluminum Extrusion, No Mill Required