Hackaday (unofficial) December 5, 2021 1:00am Shady Air Umbrella Given New Lease On Life #3dprinterhacks #toolhacks #3dprinted #kickstarter #umbrella #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Shady Air Umbrella Given New Lease On Life Many infamous Kickstarter projects have ultimately flopped or failed, leaving backers frustrated and angry. Often pitched with a splashy convincing video that happens to have critical components co…
Hackaday (unofficial) December 3, 2021 10:00pm Print Sewing Machine Parts Extend Singer’s Range #toolhacks #cam #sewingmachine #sewingmachinehack #tinkercad #treadle #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Print Sewing Machine Parts Extend Singer’s Range [Grow Your Own Clothes] had finally found their ideal sewing machine for doing zig-zag stitches (/\/\/\) and converting to a treadle drive (mechanically foot-fed) — a Singer 411G. This is a w…
Hackaday (unofficial) December 2, 2021 10:00pm Impressive Hack Turns Bolt Into Pneumatic Engraver #toolhacks #bolt #engraver #pneumatic #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Impressive Hack Turns Bolt Into Pneumatic Engraver Did you ever see one of those videos that causes you to look at an everyday object in a new light? This is one of those videos (embedded below). And fortunately for us, there’s a write-up to …
Hackaday (unofficial) November 30, 2021 10:00pm Two-Stage Dust Collector Recycles Blasting Media #toolhacks #blastingcabinet #cycloneseparator #dustseparator #sandblaster #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Two-Stage Dust Collector Recycles Blasting Media A critical element of a good blasting cabinet setup is a vacuum system that can suck out the dust, blasting media, and bits of removed material faster than it collects inside the chamber. A cyclone…
Hackaday (unofficial) November 26, 2021 10:00am Solder Paste Dispenser Without Giant Compressor #toolhacks #atmega #co2cartridge #compressedair #dispenser #microcontroller #paste #solder #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Solder Paste Dispenser Without Giant Compressor We have certainly all had our moments with solder paste. Some of us hate it; it’s sticky and gooey, and it gets everywhere. That is, unless you have a solder paste dispenser. The trouble with…
Hackaday (unofficial) November 24, 2021 10:00pm Science vs Internet Trolls: Testing Another Kind of File System #toolhacks #cutting #file #machinetool #metalwork #pneumatics #shaper #tool #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Science Vs Internet Trolls: Testing Another Kind Of File System No matter what you do or say on the Internet, you’re always doing it wrong. Keyboard commandos are ready to pounce and tell you how it’s “ackchyually” supposed to be done. A…
Hackaday (unofficial) November 24, 2021 8:00pm Oscilloscope Probes Itself To Add Video #toolhacks #videohacks #oscilloscope #rigol1054z #usbvideocapture #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Oscilloscope Probes Itself To Add Video Modern oscilloscopes are often loaded with features, but every now and then you run into a feature that seems easy to implement yet isn’t available. [kgsws] wanted to use his Rigol DS1074 to …
Hackaday (unofficial) November 23, 2021 1:00am Shop-Built Rig Measure Strength of Wood Accurately #toolhacks #gears #jack #jackscrew #raspberrypi #stepper #straingauge #wood #woodworking #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Shop-Built Rig Measure Strength Of Wood Accurately Wood is an incredibly versatile material, but like everything else, it has its limits. Build a chair from weak wood and the worst that can happen is probably not that bad. But if you build machine …
Hackaday (unofficial) November 14, 2021 1:00am Improving a Mini-Lathe with a Few Clever Hacks #toolhacks #carriage #engraving #lathe #machining #metalwork #milling #minilathe #tools #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Improving A Mini-Lathe With A Few Clever Hacks Like many budget machinists, the delightfully optimistically named [We Can Do That Better] had trouble with some of the finer controls on his import mini-lathe. But rather than suffer through it, h…
Hackaday (unofficial) November 3, 2021 9:00pm Building a Heavy-Duty Log Splitter, One Piece at a Time #toolhacks #hydraulics #logsplitter #scrapmetal #woodworking #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Building A Heavy-Duty Log Splitter, One Piece At A Time With temperatures dropping in the Northern Hemisphere, this is the time of year when many people start processing firewood for the coming winter months. For the city folks, that means chopping a tr…
Hackaday (unofficial) November 3, 2021 7:00pm Pringles Can Fluidized Bed Powder Coater Paints Parts Inside And Out #toolhacks #fluidizedbed #powdercoating #pringles #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Pringles Can Fluidized Bed Powder Coater Paints Parts Inside And Out Powder coating is a wonderful way to apply a smooth, colored surface to a part, whether for aesthetic reasons or corrosion protection. Traditionally, powder is applied via a air gun that sprays it …
Hackaday (unofficial) October 30, 2021 9:00am Cheap Caliper Hack Keeps ‘Em Running Longer #toolhacks #caliper #digitalcaliper #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Cheap Caliper Hack Keeps ‘Em Running Longer Many a hacker is a fan of the cheapest calipers on the market. Manufactured in China and priced low enough that they’re virtually disposable, they get a lot of jobs done in the world where cl…
Hackaday (unofficial) October 28, 2021 9:00pm Oscilloscope Clocks: Now In Color! #clockhacks #fpga #toolhacks #clock #oscilloscope #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Oscilloscope Clocks: Now In Color! Ordinarily, when we hear the words “clock” and “oscilloscope” in the same sentence we conjure images of measuring a stable, repeating square wave that acts as the heartbeat …
Hackaday (unofficial) October 27, 2021 7:00pm Heavy Metal Lathe Build Doesn’t Spare the Steel #toolhacks #fabrication #lathe #machinetool #machining #steel #welding #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Heavy Metal Lathe Build Doesn’t Spare The Steel It’s common wisdom that the lathe is the essential machine tool, and the only one that can make copies of itself. While we won’t argue the primacy of the lathe in the machine shop, this…
Hackaday (unofficial) October 24, 2021 6:00pm Tricky Screw Heads Have Disappearing Slots #mischacks #toolhacks #edm #electricdischargemachining #fastener #machining #precision #precisionmachining #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Tricky Screw Heads Have Disappearing Slots Perhaps you’ve seen them, demonstrations of a machined piece of metal that upon further inspection is actually two pieces machined so perfectly that they appear as one. With extremely tight t…
Hackaday (unofficial) October 24, 2021 2:00pm Dactyl Chimera Leaves the Learning out of the Curve #peripheralshacks #toolhacks #adjustablekeyboard #dactylkeyboard #ergonomickeyboard #keyboard #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Dactyl Chimera Leaves The Learning Out Of The Curve Have you been wanting to build your own keyboard, ergonomic or otherwise, but are hesitant to spend all that time and filament on something that may not be a good fit for your hands? Glad as we are…
Hackaday (unofficial) October 21, 2021 4:00pm 3D Printable Scope Probe Adapts To Your Needs #toolhacks #3dprinting #oscilloscope #probe #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 3D Printable Scope Probe Adapts To Your Needs If there’s one this we electronics engineers are precious about, it’s our test gear. The instruments themselves can be obscenely expensive, since all that R&D effort needs to be pai…
Hackaday (unofficial) October 20, 2021 9:00pm Building A Hammer Powered By Gunpowder #toolhacks #blank #blankcartridges #gunpowder #hammer #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Building A Hammer Powered By Gunpowder Hammers are pretty straightforward tools. If you need more impact force, just get a bigger hammer. Alternatively, you can look at enhancing performance with chemical means, and we don’t mean …
Hackaday (unofficial) October 18, 2021 7:00pm The HP3458A: King of Multimeters for Three Decades #repairhacks #teardown #toolhacks #agilent #hp #hp3458a #metrology #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 The HP3458A: King Of Multimeters For Three Decades [Marco] looks at a lot of meters. However, he considers the HP3458A the best even though they were introduced more than 30 years earlier in 1989. Someone donated one to [Marco] but it presented som…
Hackaday (unofficial) October 18, 2021 9:00am Printable Caliper Jaws Increase Precision, Deflect Derision #toolhacks #caliper #cutting #jaws #machining #marking #precision #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Printable Caliper Jaws Increase Precision, Deflect Derision If you’ve watched as many machining videos as we have, no doubt you’ve seen someone commit the cardinal sin of metalworking: using caliper jaws to scratch a mark into metal. Even if it&…