Hackaday (unofficial) September 6, 2021 9:00am How to Get Good With Wood #howto #toolhacks #cutting #powertools #sanding #woodworking #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 How To Get Good With Wood It’s perhaps unsurprising that we don’t see much in the way of woodworking here at Hackaday; after all, this is a plastics and metal community if there ever was one. But that doesn̵…
Hackaday (unofficial) September 1, 2021 7:00pm See the Unseen With this Magnetic Field Visualizer #thehackadayprize #toolhacks #2021hackadayprize #epaper #electronicpaper #magneticfield #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 See The Unseen With This Magnetic Field Visualizer The average Hackaday reader likely knows, at least in the academic sense, what a magnetic field looks like. But as the gelatinous orbs in our skull can perceive only a tiny fraction of the EM spect…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 31, 2021 4:00pm Better 3D Scans Through a Slowed Down Turntable #digitalcamerashacks #toolhacks #3dscanner #3dscanning #steppermotorcontroller #turntable #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Better 3D Scans Through A Slowed Down Turntable 3D scanners aren’t cheap, and the last thing you want to see after purchasing one is bad data. But that’s what [Dave Does] and others were getting from their Revopoint POP scanners unti…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 30, 2021 9:00pm Impromptu Metal Detector Built From the Junk Bin #parts #toolhacks #555timer #broomhandle #coil #diymetaldetector #metaldetector #salvage #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Impromptu Metal Detector Built From The Junk Bin Have you ever found yourself suddenly in need of finding a small metal object hidden in the woods? No? Well, neither have we. But we can’t say the same thing for [zaphod], who’s family …
Hackaday (unofficial) August 27, 2021 9:00pm Custom Soldering Fume Fan Doesn’t Skimp on Features #toolhacks #3dprintedenclosure #fancontroller #fumeextractor #oleddisplay #solderfumeextractor #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Custom Soldering Fume Fan Doesn’t Skimp On Features Prolific maker [sjm4306] tells us the first iteration of his soldering fan was little more than some cardboard, electrical tape, and a hacked up USB cable. But as we all know, these little projects…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 27, 2021 3:00am Making High Quality Copies Of Existing Parts Using A Silicone Mold #toolhacks #castingresin #ericstrebel #siliconemold #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Making High Quality Copies Of Existing Parts Using A Silicone Mold 3D printing has made it incredibly easy to produce small runs of plastic parts, but getting rid of the 3D printed look can be tricky and time-consuming. When you need a smooth and polished finish, …
Hackaday (unofficial) August 24, 2021 12:00am Automatic Nut Sorter for a Tidy Workspace #3dprinterhacks #toolhacks #3dprinting #nut #nuts #sorting #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Automatic Nut Sorter For A Tidy Workspace We all have that one drawer or box full of random hardware. You don’t want to get rid of anything because as soon as you do, that’s the one thing you’ll need. But, honestly, you&#…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 22, 2021 6:00am Two-Part Primer in a Can is a DIY Dream Come True #toolhacks #filler #finishing #painting #primer #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Two-Part Primer In A Can Is A DIY Dream Come True When putting together a home workshop, available floor space is often the deciding factor when it comes time to pick tools and equipment. This ultimately leads to some very difficult decisions, and…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 20, 2021 3:00am Beginning the Machine Shop Journey with a DIY CNC #toolhacks #bootstrap #cnc #design #diy #mill #philosophy #precision #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Beginning The Machine Shop Journey With A DIY CNC Building a good quality machine shop may seem to present a chicken-and-egg problem, at least for anyone not willing to mortgage their home for the money needed to buy all of these tools new. Namely…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 19, 2021 9:00pm A 3D-Printed Block And Tackle For Those Annoying Lifts #classichacks #toolhacks #3dprint #blockandtackle #pulley #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 A 3D-Printed Block And Tackle For Those Annoying Lifts Perhaps the humble block and tackle — multiple parallel pulleys to reduce the effort of lifting — is not such a common sight as it once was in this age of hydraulic loaders, but it rema…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 17, 2021 9:00pm Custom Isolated Variac is Truly One of a Kind #toolhacks #arduinouno #currentsensor #isolationtransformer #relay #testequipment #transformer #variac #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Custom Isolated Variac Is Truly One Of A Kind It’s no surprise that many hardware hackers avoid working with AC, and frankly, we can’t blame them. The potential consequences of making a mistake when working with mains voltages are …
Hackaday (unofficial) August 17, 2021 7:00pm Why Buy A New Scope When You Can ‘Just’ Build One? #thehackadayprize #toolhacks #2021hackadayprize #oscilloscope #usb #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Why Buy A New Scope When You Can ‘Just’ Build One? Hackaday Prize 2021 Finalist ThunderScope is doing exactly that. [Aleska] is building a modular open source PC-connected oscilloscope aiming at four channels and a cool 100 MHz bandwidth with a low…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 17, 2021 4:00pm Packing Heat with a Homemade Portable Soldering Iron #arduinohacks #toolhacks #solderingiron #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Packing Heat With A Homemade Portable Soldering Iron Small portable soldering irons are all the rage so [electronoobs] decided to build one on his own. While the design isn’t quite as sleek as a commercial unit, considering it holds its own bat…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 11, 2021 12:00pm Practical Print Makes iPad a Magnificent Eye Piece #toolhacks #3dprintable #3dprinted #magnification #magnifier #magnify #soldering #toolbuild #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Practical Print Makes IPad A Magnificent Eye Piece Be it the ever shrinking size of components, the miniscule size of the printing on such pieces, or the steady march of time that makes visits to the optometrist an annual ritual, many of us could u…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 6, 2021 7:00pm A Trio Of Photodiodes Make A Radiation Detector #science #toolhacks #photodiode #radiationdetector #transimpedanceamplifier #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 A Trio Of Photodiodes Make A Radiation Detector The instinctive reaction when measuring nuclear radiation is to think of a Geiger counter, as the low-pressure gas tube detectors have entered our popular culture through the Cold War. A G-M tube i…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 5, 2021 12:00am Upgrade A 3D Printed CNC Milling Machine By Using It #cnchacks #toolhacks #ivanmiranda #machining #millingmachine #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Upgrade A 3D Printed CNC Milling Machine By Using It One of the original ideas behind the RepRap project was for the machines to create their own upgrades. That philosophy is shining brightly in [Ivan Miranda] CNC milling machine project, which has b…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 2, 2021 12:00pm Home Depot Is Selling Power Tools That Require Activation In-Store #toolhacks #homedepot #powertools #securit #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Home Depot Is Selling Power Tools That Require Activation In-Store Shoplifting is a major problem for many brick-and-mortar retail stores, and it seems that stealing and then selling power tools is a lucrative enterprise for some criminals. To combat this, Home De…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 1, 2021 12:00pm The O’Scope Restoration #repairhacks #teardown #toolhacks #hp #oscilloscope #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 The O’Scope Restoration These days, a pretty nice oscilloscope can fit in your toolbox and even a “big” instrument is probably something you can tuck under your arm. But that hasn’t always been the case.…
Hackaday (unofficial) July 31, 2021 3:00pm The Man-Machine #cnchacks #hackadaycolumns #toolhacks #newsletter #pickandplace #semiautomatic #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 The Man-Machine This week we saw a couple DIY tools for small-run manufacturing at home that help make your life easier if you’re climbing out of the happy bucket and into the pit of despair — when you…
Hackaday (unofficial) July 28, 2021 4:00pm Workshop Tools Are Available in First-Class #toolhacks #airplane #cnc #foodcart #machine #mdf #tool #toolbox #workbench #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Workshop Tools Are Available In First-Class Most of dream of having a fully-stocked shop with all of the tools needed to build our projects, at least if we don’t already have such a shop. In the meantime, a lot of us are hacking together our…