Only a handful of these “pilot wheel” engraver’s vises were custom made by the late John Madole. The wheel is turned to tighten or loosen the massive ball joint, allowing the user to set the precision jaws at any convenient angle. Information is scanty, but there’s a couple more pics here at Lindsay Airgravers.
This isn’t a card you’d want to hand out like club fliers at a bus stop, but for a very select few recipients, it’d certainly make a statement. For this week’s EMS Labs project, Lenore shows you how she made these attention-getting cards. Lego business cards for the rest of us
Reader Billy Baque recently pointed me at the blog of knife- and tool-maker Peter Atwood, who seems to be living the Maker dream: Every week or so he makes up a run of one or two dozen of his carefully-designed pocket tools, posts them for sale on eBay, and announces it on his blog. They […]
The folks at Fuji are trying to spread the word about their new EnviroMAX batteries. They gave MAKE and CRAFT some bundles to give out to our readers. We’re giving away bundles of assorted batteries, sizes AAA to D, to two randomly-chosen Make: Online readers in the next 24 hours! Just leave us a comment […]
Woodworking Magazine ran an Altoids tin contest. Here are some of the results. The winning entry was Tom Bier’s router plane (top three pics). Runners up included Kevin Bosse’s light-duty vise and Kevin Hurbanis off-set gauge. Thanks to @JeffreyGifford for the Twitter tip-off The Winner of Our Altoids Tool Contest
It’s almost time for Burning Man, and you know what that means — no, not rampant nudity — dust. Lots and lots of dust. Tim Elverston decided to make his own pair of black leather dust goggles from an old leather jacket and some pieces of tempered and UV resistant glass from halogen ‘puck style’ […]
Bill Gurstelle is a Contributing Editor for MAKE magazine. His most recent book is entitled Absinthe & Flamethrowers: Projects and Ruminations on the Art of Living Dangerously. You can follow Bill on his danger-quest at twitter.com/wmgurst. He is a guest Make: Online author for the month of August. What in the world is obtainium? It […]
