In the Maker Shed: 54 Piece Bit Driver Kit
I hate security screws with a passion. When I become president I’m going to push to make them illegal. But in the meantime, what happens if you come across some that need to be dealt with?
Tools
Adorable Mini Printer Has All-Printable Frame
Spotted in the MAKE Flickr Pool, John Biehler’s excellent photo of a tiny prototype fused-filament 3D printer designed and built by Fraser Valley RepRap User Group member “Brad,” aka Sublime. Brad’s posted a detailed description on one of his personal blogs and on the RepRap wiki, but hasn’t published the physibles yet. The “vitamins” ( […]
How-To: Sharpen a Chisel (When You’re Serious About It)
Keep those shop chisels serious and sharp.
Kit Guide Kudos
A MAKE reader named Aaron emailed me today and wrote: Mark, I picked up the Make Special Issue: Ultimate Kit Guide today. After gleefully devouring its packed pages, I felt that it was important to thank your team for putting together such a wonderful collection of items. What I appreciate most is the distilled simplicity […]
“The Ultimate Breadboard” Prototyping Station
Austrian Claudio Zachl Werbegrafik has a blog called The Amateur Engineer, and a YouTube channel with a regular show he’s been running every two weeks for a little over a year, now. In this episode, he shows off his drool-inducing Ultimate Breadboard prototyping station, mothered by necessity in a complex ongoing project to build his […]
FreeD: A Handheld CNC Milling Device
MIT Media Labbers Amit Zoran and Joe Paradiso have created a handheld, digitally-controlled milling device that attempts to combine the benefits of CAD and freehand fabrication.
Chesapeake Light Craft Boat Kits
Editor’s Note: When we were putting together our Make: Ultimate Kit Guide, we wanted to highlight the makers of the awesome kits we reviewed as much as possible. Our 96 pages quickly became chocked full of valuable info, and some of the longer profiles had to be cut down for print. Here is the full […]