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Long Nose Vise-Grips
Everyone who is into tools knows about vise-grips (or locking pliers) and most of us have at least one in our tool box. But don’t overlook the small long-nose version. I think it’s one of the handiest...
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Spyderco Bug Knife
I have carried this tiny knife for a few years, connected to a Photon Freedom micro light (another cool tool I heartily recommend over the oft-recommended Microlight II) for the world’s smallest EDC...
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What’s in my bag? — Rhonda Roebuck
Sign up here to get What’s in my bag? a week early in your inbox. Rhonda Roebuck is a retired art teacher now spending her time doing what she loves most…drawing and making art! Most of her journals...
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Best Task Light for Tools
Tool: Magnetic Sewing Machine Light Guest: Jordan Bunker Twitter “This actually comes in a 2-pack. It’s a magnetic-base gooseneck LED lamp. The first one went on my sewing machine, but the other one...
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Chemex 6-Cup Classic Series Glass Coffee Maker
I have been using this tool for about a year. In combination with a food scale, Chemex bleached filters, a Capresso hot water kettle, great coffee (like Ruta Maya Dark Roast), and of course clean...
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Using Clamps to Spread Things Apart
Using Clamps to Spread Things Apart Turning a clamp into a spreader bar. In this “One Day Build” video on Tested, where Adam Savage is upgrading a rickety workbench, he shares a great tip. You can use...
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Skrapr Surface Scraper
I found this tool at the register of a local hardware store a few years ago. I clean the kitchen after my wife cooks and had never found a good tool to scrape food from the bottom of the pan without...
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Len Cullum, Woodworker
Our guest this week is Len Cullum. Len is a woodworker living in Seattle, Washington, where he specializes in building Japanese style garden structures, architectural elements, and furniture. A...
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Burner Mail/Black Imagination/Untangling knots
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Burner email addresses I started using Burner Mail a couple of months ago and bought a premium subscription because I find it so useful. The...
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Micro-shear flush cutters
I was looking for an inexpensive pair of surgical nippers or tiny scissors for some time, since fingernail scissors have proven to be too fragile for cutting anything (including fingernails). While...
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Door-Ease
When we moved into our house in 1999, it came filled with stuff. There was an old lady who was retiring so she didn’t need to take the weed-whacker and snow-blower to the retirement home, so she just...
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Book Freak #46: How to Have a Happy Family
Book Freak is a weekly newsletter with short pieces of advice from books. Subscribe here. Sponsor message: Scrivener is an application (Mac, Windows, and iOS) that helps writers complete longform...
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What’s in my bag? — Kid Outing Essentials
Sign up here to get What’s in my bag? a week early in your inbox. Camille Hartsell has honed her question-answering, book-making, and odd-jobbing skills over many years of working as research...
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LCD Digital Caliper
I don’t know why I went so long without having these, but a few years ago I got a really cheap set of digital calipers that can measure up to 6 inches of inside diameter, outside diameter, or the depth...
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Sharpening Spade Bits
I really appreciate the positive responses I get whenever I send out a newsletter. And, of course, I love all of the content submissions. If this newsletter is as useful and inspiring as some tell me...
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Mucksters Rubber Garden Shoes
I have a yard with two main seasons: soggy season and sticker season. When it’s not muddy out, there always seem to be a plethora of weeds ready and willing to insert stickers and burrs through my...
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Lux Sparks-Pescovitz, Teenage Maker
Our guest this week is Lux Sparks-Pescovitz. Lux is a 14-year-old maker, musician, writer, retrogamer, pop culture historian, and collector… of many things. Many many things. He also likes dogs and...
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Newsletter Stack/Personal Vision Tracker/Beyond Burgers
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Discover newsletters by subject Newsletter Stack is a directory of newsletters grouped by learning topics like COVID-19, Philosophy, Design,...
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OXO Pepper Mill
This OXO pepper mill is fantastic. The good: It is very fast. The crank arm means you can grind lots of pepper quickly. This is great if you have to cook a lot of food, but also great for people with...
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Best Precision Marking Ruler Set
Guest: Jordan Bunker Twitter “This Incra ruler set comes in a set of 3 different rulers. These are stainless steel, laser cut rulers. And the big difference between a normal ruler is that these...
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