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\nAdam Savage<\/strong>\u00a0is on the Board of Advisors for\u00a0Fab House<\/a>, a digital fabrication space and STEAM education facility being built in Glenville, an under-served area of Cleveland, OH. To help them in their space planning, Adam spent\u00a0this \u201cOne Day Build\u201d<\/a>\u00a0making a model of the building out of foamcore. As always, the video is filled with useful tips, like how a model is often a better way of having a conversation about a space than the space itself, using a hot glue gun at a lower temperature when gluing foamcore so that the \u201ccore\u201d doesn\u2019t melt and bubble (throwing your pieces off-square), and hanging your finished models on the walls to save space.<\/p>\n
“Tuning Up” a $12 Hand Axe<\/strong> More Moving Tips<\/strong> * Pack a bag like you\u2019re going on a trip. In the final days, the house will become utter chaos and you\u2019ll have a hard time finding your basic needs. Pack a bag with your last few change of clothes, meds, checkbook, and other items you\u2019ll need and keep it safely out of the moving flow.<\/p>\n * Put together a moving toolbox with the basic tools you\u2019ll need to take apart furniture (hammer, drivers, socket set, Allen wrenches), measuring tape, scissors, razor knife, etc. * Keep marking pens, scissors, tape, etc. all over the place. Have plenty of packing essentials in designated places throughout the house and return them after use. If not, you\u2019ll spend half your time running around looking for that one marker or pair of scissors.<\/p>\n How to Get Started in Metalworking<\/strong> Maker Slang<\/strong> Witness marks<\/strong> – An intentional, accidental, or naturally-occurring spot \u2013 a line, a groove, or other contrasting area \u2013 that serves as an indicator of how things previously were implemented, used, repaired, or what processes were followed. The term is commonly used in clock-making. Also, marks made in two workpieces to aid in positioning them.<\/p>\n Hogging out<\/strong> – In metalworking, woodworking, etc., to quickly remove a large amount of material from a workpiece.<\/p>\n Guerilla making<\/strong> – Coined by Laura Kampf, guerilla making is when you make (or repair\/improve) something in the public space without asking permission.<\/p>\n Makecation<\/strong> – Termed coined by Phil Torrone of Adafruit. A play on \u201cstaycation,\u201d where you take time off but don\u2019t go anywhere, and in this case, dedicate yourself to a special summer project (or two).<\/p>\n Shop Talk<\/strong> Great newsletter as always. Amazing how you can deliver such great content time after time.<\/p>\n To add to the moving tips (sorry it doesn\u2019t help you now, but maybe next time): I use\u00a0colored masking tape<\/a>\u00a0to denote the destination room. Purple masking tape on the box? Put it in the room with the purple tape on the door.<\/p>\n
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\nI love the\u00a0YouTube<\/em>\u00a0Harbor Freight sub-category of people buying products at the popular cheap-tools retailer and then \u201ctuning them\u201d up to turn a sub-standard tool into a more righteous one. On the\u00a0Wranglerstar<\/em>\u00a0homesteading channel,\u00a0they look<\/a>\u00a0at the old-school hand axe\u00a0available at Harbor Freight<\/a>\u00a0for $12 (currently $13, but look for sales\/coupons). With a little work (e.g. removing the handle varnish and re-profiling the cutting edge), this becomes a great tool for modest money.<\/p>\n
\nWe are finally moved out of our house. Wow, what a job that was, especially after living there for 21 years. As the saying goes, you expand to fill the space.\u00a0Last issue<\/a>, I shared a box-labeling convention that worked for me. Here are a few more discoveries I made, several after the fact:<\/p>\n
\n* When packing the kitchen, make sure to keep everything you\u2019ll need to make and eat meals for the last few days of packing and moving.<\/p>\n
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\nWhen I ask hobby makers what skills they\u2019d most like to learn next, the answers are frequently welding and machining\/metalworking. In\u00a0this Blondihacks video<\/a>, Quinn patiently runs through the tools and supplies one needs to get started in hobby machining. She has an extensive link list in the video description of tools beginners should consider, like a lathe (not a mill for starters) and\u00a0this lathe book<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nA periodic collection of fun and informative jargon and slang for DIYers of all stripes:<\/em><\/p>\n
\nReader Steve B<\/strong> adds yet another moving tip:<\/p>\n