Hackaday (unofficial) September 3, 2022 12:00pm Plotter Churns Out Labels with Roll of Tape #toolhacks #grbl #labelprinter #penplotter #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Plotter Churns Out Labels With Roll Of Tape Like it or not, organizing your workspace from time to time is a necessary chore. Labels can go a long way towards taming the most unruly of benches, but writing them out by hand isn’t exactl…
Hackaday (unofficial) September 3, 2022 12:00am Cutting The Grass With Frickin’ Lasers #laserhacks #toolhacks #diodelaser #lawnmower #rover #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Cutting The Grass With Frickin’ Lasers We techie types are quite often much more comfortable in front of a keyboard knocking out code, than out in the yard splitting logs for winter, and even the little jobs like cutting the grass are s…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 31, 2022 3:00am Making a Pipe Crimper From Scrap #toolhacks #chainsprocket #crimper #upcycling #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Making A Pipe Crimper From Scrap We love upcycling around these parts — taking what would be a pile of rusty scrap and turning it into something useful — and this project from YouTuber [Hands on Table] is no different.…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 30, 2022 9:00am A Beautiful DIY Guided Saw #toolhacks #customtool #saw #woodworking #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 A Beautiful DIY Guided Saw [JSK-koubou] has quite the talent for creative woodwork, particularly building interesting tools or improving existing ones. This recent project (multiple build videos below: part 1, part 2, and pa…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 29, 2022 6:00pm Review: Lidl Parkside Micrometer #hackadaycolumns #reviews #toolhacks #lidl #metrology #micrometer #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Review: Lidl Parkside Micrometer A couple of years ago we published a look at precision measurement tools, in particular vernier calipers and micrometer screw gauges. It featured a look at how they work and how they’re used,…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 25, 2022 4:00pm Printable One-Way Driver Skips Ratchet for a Clutch #toolhacks #clutch #ratchet #screwdriver #tools #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Printable One-Way Driver Skips Ratchet For A Clutch Ratcheting screwdrivers can help you work faster, even if their bulk means they’re not the best option for working in tight spaces. [ukman] decided to build a similar device of his own, relyi…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 24, 2022 9:00am Frequency Counter Restoration Impeded by Kittens #repairhacks #teardown #toolhacks #hp #neon #repair #restoration #testequipment #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Frequency Counter Restoration Impeded By Kittens We think of digital displays as something you see on relatively modern gear. But some old gear had things like nixies or numitrons to get cool-looking retro digital displays. The HP 521A frequency …
Hackaday (unofficial) August 23, 2022 12:00pm Ryobi Battery Hack Keeps CPAP Running Quietly #toolhacks #backup #batterypack #cpap #inverter #liion #ryobi #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Ryobi Battery Hack Keeps CPAP Running Quietly When it comes to cordless power tools, color is an important brand selection criterion. There’s Milwaukee red, for the rich people, the black and yellow of DeWalt, and Makita has a sort of te…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 20, 2022 9:00pm Building A Spot Welder From 500 Junk Capacitors #batteryhacks #toolhacks #capacitor #esr #spotwelder #supercapacitor #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Building A Spot Welder From 500 Junk Capacitors [Kasyan TV] over on YouTube was given a pile of spare parts in reasonably large quantities, some of which were useful and allocated to specific projects, but given the given the kind of electronics…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 19, 2022 3:00am The Tools to Fight Against Single-Use Plastic #toolhacks #diecast #forging #lasercuttools #plastic #singleuseplastic #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 The Tools To Fight Against Single-Use Plastic Imagine for a moment that you design products for a living. But you can’t design all the things, so you have to buy some of your stuff from big-box stores just to go about your everyday life.…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 18, 2022 9:00pm Angled Drill Guide Helps You With Those Tricky Holes #toolhacks #drill #drillguide #powerdrill #tools #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Angled Drill Guide Helps You With Those Tricky Holes If you’ve ever tried to drill a hole on an angle with a power drill, you’ve probably drilled some pretty shocking holes. To do it right, you really need some mechanical assistance, and …
Hackaday (unofficial) August 18, 2022 9:00am A Particularly Polished ATX Bench Power Supply #classichacks #toolhacks #atxpowersupply #atxpsu #benchpowersupply #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 A Particularly Polished ATX Bench Power Supply Let’s be real, yanking the ATX power supply out of an old desktop computer and turning it into something you can use on the workbench isn’t exactly an advanced project. In fact, you cou…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 16, 2022 6:00am (Re)designing The LumenPnP Tape Feeder #toolhacks #3dprinted #componentfeeder #machinetools #pickandplace #pickandplacemachines #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 (Re)designing The LumenPnP Tape Feeder Many of the hardware orientated hackers among us will likely have been following along with the story of [Stephen Hawes] and the Lumen pick-and-place project but kind of waiting a bit for the proje…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 14, 2022 12:00am Testing a Laser Cut Wrench VS a Forged Wrench #cnchacks #toolhacks #lasercutting #tools #wrench #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Testing A Laser Cut Wrench VS A Forged Wrench It is easy to not think much about common tools like screwdrivers and wrenches. But not for [Torque Test Channel]. The channel does a lot of testing of tools and in the video, below, they test a ne…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 10, 2022 4:00pm Here’s the World’s Smallest Wood Plane…Probably #toolhacks #miniature #plane #woodworking #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Here’s The World’s Smallest Wood Plane…Probably Admittedly, we aren’t really in a position to confirm whether or not the miniature wood plane put together by [Daniel d’Entremont] is actually the smallest in the world, but we’re willi…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 10, 2022 9:00am A Steam Box For Not A Lot #toolhacks #bending #bentwood #steambox #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 A Steam Box For Not A Lot If you have ever marveled at the complex wooden curves used by shipbuilders or some furniture makers, then you have probably at some point hankered after a steam box. This is as its name suggests, …
Hackaday (unofficial) August 9, 2022 4:00pm Mapping Out the LEDs on an Outlet Tester #teardown #toolhacks #epoxyblob #mainswiring #poweroutlet #reverseengineering #testequipment #walloutlet #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Mapping Out The LEDs On An Outlet Tester The concept of an outlet tester is pretty simple: plug the gadget into a suspect wall receptacle, and an array of LEDs light up in various patterns to alert the user to any wiring faults. They̵…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 9, 2022 9:00am Junkbox Build Keeps Tesla Coils Perfectly Varnished #highvoltage #toolhacks #coil #gearmotor #lathe #teslacoil #varnish #winding #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Junkbox Build Keeps Tesla Coils Perfectly Varnished Admittedly, not a lot of people have a regular need to varnish coils. It’s mainly something that Tesla coil builders and other high-voltage experimenters are concerned with. But since that gr…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 4, 2022 9:00am 3D Printed Braiding Machine Brings Back Some History #toolhacks #3dprinted #braidingmachine #textiles #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 3D Printed Braiding Machine Brings Back Some History Mechanizing the production of textiles was a major part of the industrial revolution, and with the convenience of many people are recreating the classic machines. A perfect example of this is [Frae…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 2, 2022 9:00pm RC Lawnmower Is Built To Last #toolhacks #lawnmower #radiocontrol #workshopfromscratch #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 RC Lawnmower Is Built To Last Mowing the lawn is one of those tasks that someone will always be optimizing or automating. To allow to mow the lawn while seated comfortably in the shade, [Workshop from Scratch] built an RC Lawnm…