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MIG Welding 101 at Madagascar Institute

MIG Welding 101 at Madagascar Institute

Last week, seven students converged at the Madagascar Institute for that facilityโ€™s first class of the new year: โ€œIntro to MIG Welding,โ€ taught by the โ€œconnoisseur of terrorโ€ himself, Hackett (from TVโ€™s Stuck with Hackett). A true group of student-makers, the class ranged in experience from absolute novices whoโ€™d never used power tools before to [โ€ฆ]

How-To: Quick ropecraft laptop shoulder sling

Itโ€™s probably not much good against the rain, but this handy bit of urban fieldcraft from YouTuber sumitsumit would be hard to beat for showing off your DIY-fu at the local hackerspace, coffeeshop, or school. Pretty much guaranteed to impress that attractive gentleman or lady in your engineering class. It takes about 20โ€ฒ of rope, includes an adjustable shoulder-strap, andโ€“I suspectโ€“could probably be tied or untied in ten seconds or less with practice. I donโ€™t want to spoil sumitsumitโ€™s reveal, so I didnโ€™t include a screen-cap, but you can scan forward to 4:20 to see the finished product. [via Boing Boing]