{"id":37179,"date":"2020-10-22T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T16:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=37179"},"modified":"2020-10-20T14:02:07","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T21:02:07","slug":"marking-your-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/marking-your-drivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Marking Your Drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marking Your Drivers<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"1\/8"

1\/8″ slotted and PH1.<\/p><\/div>\n

I don\u2019t know why more tool manufactures don\u2019t mark the butt-ends of their drivers with the size and type of the tool. I got a large set of drivers last year and the benchtop holder for them obscures the labels on the handle so that you have to lift each one to see what it it is. Dumb! To fix this, using my\u00a0FastCap marker<\/a>, I\u2019ve labeled each driver with size and type (in the above case, a line for slotted, cross-hairs for Phillips). Robertson\/square drivers get a square symbol, and for Torx, I just use \u201cT\u201d before the size.<\/p>\n

Annealing 3D Prints in Salt<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Salt

Salt parts to taste.<\/p><\/div>\n

In response to the item in\u00a0issue 64<\/a>\u00a0about annealing 3D prints in plaster to increase their strength, reader\u00a0TokyoSpark<\/strong>\u00a0pointed me to\u00a0this video<\/a>\u00a0on treating printed parts with powdered, baked table salt(!) It not only increases part strength, but it makes them water- and gas-tight.<\/p>\n

Kitchen Shelf Liner as Bench Pad<\/strong>
\n\"easyliner\"
\nHere\u2019s a great idea from\u00a0Family Handyman<\/em>\u00a0magazine (sent in to them by a reader). Use grippy kitchen\u00a0shelf liner material<\/a>\u00a0on your bench when you want to hold items in place and not have them slip (especially when clamping is not ideal). The material is slightly sticky and the the mesh design allows sanding dust, etc. to fall through as you work.<\/p>\n

Erasable Marker Pen<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Erase

Erase your mistakes with thermo-reactive ink.<\/p><\/div>\n

In this\u00a0Cool Tools<\/em>\u00a0Recomendo Shorts<\/a>\u00a0video,\u00a0Mark Frauenfelder\u00a0<\/strong>recommends the\u00a0FriXion Clicker<\/a>\u00a0erasable pen. This is a thermo-reactive gel pen with a hard plastic eraser. Rubbing over a pen mark generates heat which melts and lifts the ink. A commenter in the video points out that you can also use a heat gun to remove an entire image \u2013 and even freeze to restore it.<\/p>\n

Making Jack o’ Lantern Teeth and Exposed BRAAAAINS<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Pumpkin'

Pumpkin’ brains made from cauliflower. From Allrecipes.com. Photo by Glenn Bryant.<\/p><\/div>\n

Dungeon crafts maven\u00a0Vanessa Mus’e<\/strong>, aka The Crafting Muse, offers this tip on how to create jack-o\u2019-lantern teeth on\u00a0her Instagram feed<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026for those wondering how people are adding teeth to jack-o\u2019-lanterns. It\u2019s blanched almonds more often than not.<\/p>\n

Boil some water, drop in the almonds for a couple minutes. Chill quickly and the skins should pull away leaving exposed nut flesh. Whittle to desired shapes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also, in this\u00a0piece on AllRecipes.com<\/a>, they share a fun and easy idea for giving your pumpkin exposed brains with a carved and painted head of cauliflower.<\/p>\n

This reminds me of the time I made exposed brains for Halloween. This is easily done with a latex skull cap, caulk, and some paint.<\/p>\n

\"I

I feel a strange breeze<\/p><\/div>\n

Shop Talk<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Acid

Acid brushes. Versatile and cheap.<\/p><\/div>\n

In response to our brush talk\u00a0several issues ago<\/a>, reader\u00a0<\/a>Cymerian Designs<\/strong>\u00a0responded: \u201cOne thing I do with\u00a0acid brushes<\/a>\u00a0is to cut the bristles short so they become very stiff. That makes them usable as mini scrub brushes for getting into small crevices or for lightly abrading small surfaces to clean them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mistakes Were Made<\/strong>
\nReader\u00a0TokyoSpark<\/strong>\u00a0thought I was wrong in identifying the chain links on Laura Kampf\u2019s folding bike project (issue 64<\/a>). \u201cI believe the chain Laura used on her bike was conveyor or motorcycle chain, the links are pretty hefty.\u201d They are probably right.<\/p>\n

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