{"id":35672,"date":"2020-03-26T09:00:11","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T16:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=35672"},"modified":"2020-03-19T13:40:40","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T20:40:40","slug":"the-makers-muse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/the-makers-muse\/","title":{"rendered":"The Maker’s Muse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Got a tip to share? Tools to recommend? Shop tales to tell?\u00a0Talk to me.<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Maker’s Muse<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Cable

Cable wrapping with zip-ties, via @circuitmix on Instagram<\/p><\/div>\n

Stenciling on Corrugations<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Let

Let those corrugations get up close and personal<\/p><\/div>\n

In a\u00a0recent episode\u00a0<\/a>of\u00a0Black Magic Craft<\/em>, Jeremy builds a very cool cyberpunk diorama. In the video (at 12:42 ), he shares a nifty tip for anyone who paints stencils onto corrugated surfaces. To create some techie-Asian-looking graffiti, Jeremy cut out his stencil on the back (non-corrugated side) of a scrap piece of the same corrugated material he wanted to paint on. By mating the two corrugated sides (stencil and paint surface) you can spray your stencil with it tight against the paint surface to minimize overspray.<\/p>\n

Sean Ragan on Nibblers<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"It

It ain’t fast, but it works.<\/p><\/div>\n

In\u00a0this Cool Tool video<\/a>, Sean Ragan shows a few of the ways that most any maker can benefit from owning a nibbler tool. I actually don\u2019t have one and have wanted to get one for years. I\u2019m planning on buying the $13 model that\u00a0Sean links to<\/a>\u00a0in the video\u2019s description.<\/p>\n

Open Source COVID-19 Medical Hardware FB Group<\/strong>
\nI\u2019ve always felt as though the maker movement and open source hardware could do a world of good in addressing pressing global and local issues. Attention makers: That moment has arrived. For those who think they can offer their talents in developing solutions to medical hardware problems, there\u2019s a new\u00a0Facebook<\/em>\u00a0group, called\u00a0Open Source COVID-19 Medical Hardware.<\/a>\u00a0It\u2019s very inspiring to see people roll up their sleeves and pool their expertise in groups like this. Many more groups, dealing with logistics, software, data analysis, and more are rapidly popping up. Grab a bucket, folks. We\u2019re going to be at this for a while.<\/p>\n

Jewelry Clamps<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Look

Look to jeweler’s tools for use in other types of close up, small-scale making.<\/p><\/div>\n

In this Adam Savage\u00a0Favorite Tools<\/a>\u00a0video, he recommends looking at jewelry maker\u2019s tools for things like clamps for small objects. In the video, he looks at a\u00a0ring clamp<\/a>, a\u00a0hand vise<\/a>, and an\u00a0engraving ball clamp<\/a>. I would also add to that a bench pin. This is a V-shaped protrusion that juts out from the edge of your workbench, allowing you to access angles on small workpieces that you can\u2019t otherwise. Here\u2019s a\u00a0combo ring clamp and bench pin<\/a>\u00a0for under $19.<\/p>\n

Learn to Solder<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"It's

It’s really this easy.<\/p><\/div>\n

At\u00a0Make:<\/em>, we used to tell people that two of the most essential maker skills are soldering and sewing. So many people are intimidated by soldering, but they shouldn\u2019t be. This graphic, from\u00a0Circuitmix<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Instagram<\/em>, pretty much tells you everything you need to know. This, a decent, hot iron, and some practice, and you\u2019re good to go. If you need more guidance, there are tons of tutorials and videos online. Now, while we\u2019re all shut-ins, is a great time to break down and acquire these skills if you don\u2019t already have them.<\/p>\n

Shop Talk: Homely Tools<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"My

My “homely tools” cart in my shop: toothpicks, safety pins, cotton swabs, binder clips, corks, bottle caps, and more.<\/p><\/div>\n

I am a big fan of what I call \u201chomely tools.\u201d These are tools that are so plain, so pervasive, that we don\u2019t even think about them when we talk tools \u2013 but they remain central to our making. These are things like toothpicks, safety pins, markers, basic house tools (slotted screwdriver, kitchen-drawer hammer), etc. What are some of your favorite homely tools? Please\u00a0tell me a story<\/a>\u00a0about them. Send pictures.<\/p>\n

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Gareth’s Tips, Tools, and Shop Tales – Issue #39<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13684,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2371],"tags":[2372],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35672"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13684"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35672"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35679,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35672\/revisions\/35679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}