Clik here to view.
Building a Motor on a PCB
In my ambitious quest to reach 4000 subscribers by my 100th issue, I need a lot of new subscribers. Can you do me a huge favor? Can you talk to just one of your fellow maker/DIY enthusiasts and get...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pumice Brick Grill Cleaner
So many things in my life come from Cool Tools! With that said, I’d like to finally contribute: Being that grilling season is upon us, I feel like I should share a breakthrough I had with regards to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gina Clarke, Malibu Seaside Chef
Our guest this week is Gina Clarke of Malibu Seaside Chef, the go-to chef and catering company known as much for her celebrity clientele as her innovative menus. Based in Malibu, Gina’s clients to date...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tangoes/Arduino clone/Uppercase
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Favorite social puzzle The simplest toys are the best. Our favorite family social puzzle is a tangram, an old classic from China made of 7...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Most Durable Zip Tie
Tool: 14” 304 Stainless Steel Zip Ties (30 count) 11.8” 304 Stainless Steel Zip Ties (100 count) Transcript
View ArticleClik here to view.
Worx Mini Wood/Metal-Cutting Circular Saw
I’ve used large circular saws in the past and always found them hard to use. They were heavy and I felt I wasn’t in control. But I can hold this mini circular saw with one hand and feel very...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Stretch Wrap
The genius of this product is that it sticks to itself. You just roll it around the boxes or posters or lumber that you want to wrap and it sticks tight. I use it for a bunch of things, as in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hercules Stands Wallmount Guitar Hanger
I used to have all my guitars and basses on stands — it only takes two or three and suddenly a whole side of your room is taken up by them. Then I remembered these hangers that guitar stores use. They...
View ArticleClik here to view.
No-Look USB/Moleskin alternative/Trash Can Bands
Recomendos: Reversible Micro USB Cable Minimalism Art Hard Cover Notebook Ritadeshop Trash Can Bands Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more Cool Tools reviews
View ArticleClik here to view.
What’s in my desk? — D.L. Cade
Sign up here to get What’s in my bag? a week early in your inbox. D.L. Cade is a research scientist and tech writer. By day, he studies color vision in the Neitz lab at the University of Washington,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gear-tie
I picked up four of these at my local container store, not knowing exactly how I’d use them, but guessing they’d come in handy. Within 48 hours I’d already used them twice-once to secure the barrel of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Creating Flexible Mechanisms with 3D Printing
Thanks to all of you who encouraged friends and family to subscribe to this newsletter. I saw a decent spike in subs. Let’s keep that going! Creating Flexible Mechanisms with 3D Printing Via the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lock Laces
I am not a good shoe tie-er. For years I have wanted to get Velcro shoes, but my wife won’t let me because she says they’re for five-year-olds or for eighty-five year olds and I am not one of those....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Stephanie Jaros, Founder of The Threat Lab
Our guest this week is Stephanie Jaros. Stephanie is the Director of Research for the Department of Defense Counter-Insider Threat Program and in 2018, she created The Threat Lab, which is a program...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Divergent Association Task/Flat plug/YouTube Premium
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. A tool to measure divergent thinking I’ve been using this Divergent Association Task to measure my verbal creativity. It takes less than 2...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ChicoBag Compact Recycled Backpack
The ChicoBag Compact Recycled Backpack has two side bottle pockets, and the ripstop fabric is made from 100-percent post-consumer recycled plastic bottles. Machine washable. Extremely light, and folds...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Silicone spoon spatula
When I need to scoop, scrape, or stir, I reach for my silicone spoon spatula. It’s got a steel interior to make it rigid (but springy), and is covered in silicone, which can handle 600 degrees F...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alfamo Cooling Towel
Used the Alfamo cooling towel during last year’s ridiculously hot summer. Get it wet with cool water, wring it out, and snap it – then put it around your neck (or on your head, for us bald guys)… and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pixel Thoughts/Triplet Magnifier/BrushPicks
Recomendos: Pixel Thoughts Triplet Magnifier, 20x BrushPicks Interdental Toothpicks Dispenser Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more Cool Tools reviews
View ArticleClik here to view.
What’s in my plastic bin? — Mark Frauenfelder
Sign up here to get What’s in my bag? a week early in your inbox. Mark Frauenfelder is the co-founder of BoingBoing, and the founding editor of Make magazine. He is a research director at Institute...
View Article