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LEGO Centering Jig
I’ve been getting a great response to last issue’s query about favorite print DIY magazines and mail order catalogs (see some below). The search continues! LEGO Centering Jig It’s two. Two. Two tips in...
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Carl Heavy Duty Pencil Sharpener
I’m a teacher, so pencils are a big deal for me. I learned of this while researching another pencil sharpener reviewed on Cool Tools. Now that I have it, I couldn’t be happier. It resembles an...
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Jessica Lahey, Teacher and Author
Our guest this week is Jessica Lahey. Jess writes about education, parenting, and child welfare for The Atlantic, The Washington Post and the New York Times. She’s the author of the New York Times...
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Radio Garden/Optimizing autonomy/Relax your jaw
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. World Radio Radio Garden is a website that presents you with a spinnable globe of the Earth. The green dots represent radio stations. Rotate...
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Flap Wheels and Flap Disks
Anyone working with metal should be aware of these two tools. They make finishing metal a smoother experience. I prefer these two attachments over composite disks, belt sanders, or orbital sanders. I...
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Repair Metal With This $5 Putty
Tool: J-B Weld SteelStik Steel Reinforced Epoxy Putty ($5) Guest: Sophy Wong Sophy Wong is a designer and maker whose work has been featured in Make: Magazine. She writes articles and tutorials for...
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Brush-On Super Glue
What’s so exciting about this super glue? Two things: it has never dried out in 4 years and the brush allows you to easily apply amounts smaller than a drop without needing paper towels or toothpicks...
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What’s in my bag? — Rob Walker
Sign up here to get What’s in my bag? a week early in your inbox. Rob Walker is a senior writer and columnist for Marker, a new business publication from Medium. A longtime contributor to The New...
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Jamie Hyneman Gives Us a Tour of His “Don’t Touch!” Toolkit
The next subject I’d like to talk with you about is the clothes, tool belts, shoulder bags, and other things that you like to wear while making. Years ago, on Make:, I ran a series called “Maker...
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Foxgloves
I have a very hard time keeping gloves on my hands when I’m gardening, my fingers seem to long to skip and go naked in the dirt. Foxgloves are the exception to the rule, in part because of their...
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Matt Blum, Editor-in-Chief of GeekDad
Our guest this week is Matt Blum. Matt is the Editor-in-Chief of the GeekDad blog, which has been going on for 13 years now. He’s a father of two, he’s a longtime software engineer, and totally...
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5 life-changing books/There/Shtisel
5 life-changing books I am a very happy user of You Need a Budget (YNAB), a personal finances subscription service (get a free month when you sign up with this link). They also have a good YouTube...
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Cheap Surgical Brushes
These cheap plastic disposable nail brushes are used as surgical prep brushes. I buy a dozen every few years. I have one or two by the sink in the bathroom and kitchen, a couple in the garden shed, and...
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J-B Wood Restore Premium Epoxy Putty
I’ve recently used this product to repair a substantial amount of wood rot around our home. In reality, the best way to deal with wood rot is to replace the wood with new material. J-B Wood Restore...
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What’s in my bag? — Rayan Parikh
Sign up here to get What’s in my bag? a week early in your inbox. Rayan Parikh is a freelance design strategist and researcher based in NYC. About the bag Combination Pannier Backpack ($179) I bike...
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Wiring Complete
The clearest, most intelligible, most up-to-date, step-by-step instructions of how to wire most household electrical jobs. Heavily (1,000 photos), smartly illustrated. Besides unraveling the...
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Making a Wire Clamper
For our next tool-related conversation, I’d like to talk with you all about your “Touch? Die!” tools. These are the most precious and critical tools in your collection, the tools that you have an...
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Tweezerman Tweezers
Most drugstores sell pathetically lousy tweezers. These are blunt, imprecise instruments suitable for plucking eyebrows, if that. They are useless for medical purposes. What you need is a needle-sharp,...
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Carla Diana, 4D Designer
Our guest this week is Carla Diana. Carla is a designer, author and educator who explores the impact of future technologies through tinkering. Carla has been granted the honor of creating the 4D Design...
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ChilledCow/Streamyard/Better pen holder
Non-stop music as a soundtrack to your day At 3PM on a Thursday afternoon I’m one of 41,875 other people listening to the livestream of the ChilledCow lofi hiphop radio station on YouTube. Over 5...
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