Halloween Prop Making<\/strong> For another fun and surprisingly easy Halloween project, check out\u00a0this Make: video<\/a>\u00a0where Caleb demonstrates the popular method of creating skulls from plastic milk jugs using a\u00a0heat gun<\/a>\u00a0and a\u00a0Halloween skull<\/a>\u00a0as a mold.<\/p>\n Working with Wood Models<\/strong> A Shipping Tape Dispenser That Doesn’t Stink?<\/strong> Help People “Close Their Loops”<\/strong> Maker Slang<\/strong> Tear out (or chip out)<\/strong> \u2013 What happens when the grain of wood along an edge being cut cannot support itself and tears away along the cut. Methods of preventing tear out include using painter\u2019s tape along the cut line and pre-scoring the line with a razor knife.<\/p>\n More on End-Grain Gluing<\/strong> Thanks for what I feel is a fair commentary on my video about end-grain glue. If viewers came away from the Glue Myths video with the idea that I am promoting end-grain joints, or that they should start making furniture out of 3″ square blocks, then I failed to convey my thoughts clearly enough. I am trying to put together some objective, factual information about how glue works. My hope is that this information will be used as a tool by savvy woodworkers to design joinery that is strong enough to perform its intended purpose.<\/em><\/p>\n Comparing Deep Hole Pattern Markers<\/strong> New Take on the Book Nook<\/strong> Shop Talk<\/strong><\/p>\n Reader\u00a0<\/em>Marty Lindal<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0writes:<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cAnother source for moving boxes: When evaluating moving companies, ask if they can provide free used boxes. I\u2019ve moved locally with the same mover about 5 times and he always offers both new boxes for purchase or free used boxes and free tape and packing paper. As you know, these things add up. And he\u2019ll pick up the boxes when you are done with them.\u201d<\/p>\n Gareth’s Tips, Tools, and Shop Tales – Issue #100<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39248,"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\/39243"}],"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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39243"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39250,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39243\/revisions\/39250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n![\"halloween\"](\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2021\/10\/halloween.png\")
\nOver at Wicked Makers<\/a>, they created a fun outdoor Halloween display featuring a pirate skeleton fountain. The pirate, sitting in a rum barrel, guzzles wine for all eternity. How charming. There are lots of great tips on creating Halloween haunts in this video, like how to create aged plastic bone using wood stain and bending and posing a plastic skeleton with a heat gun.<\/p>\n
\n![\"woodmodels\"](\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2021\/10\/woodmodels.png\")
\nVia Make:<\/a>\u00a0comes\u00a0this Eric Strebel<\/a>\u00a0video on making wooden models. In the video, Eric runs through the very basics of using hobby woods, like\u00a0balsa<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0basswood<\/a>, to create models (for whatever prototyping or other purpose). These days, when we think of prototyping, we tend to think of 3D printing, laser-cutting, and maybe styrene modeling, but wood is always an option, too.<\/p>\n
\n![\"tape\"](\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2021\/10\/tape.jpg\")
\nAs you might imagine, we just went through seemingly miles of packing tape in our move across country. Like a lot of folks, I abhor the crummy plastic dispensers and cheap tape that constantly tears (speaking of which,\u00a0do not buy this tape<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 it was paper-thin and constantly tearing.)\u00a0Via Cool Tools<\/a>, I learned about the apparently decent (and cheap)\u00a0tape\/dispensers at Harbor Freight<\/a>. I\u2019ll try this product next.<\/p>\n
\nWorking on complex projects (of any kind) is always challenging. Those challenges are quickly compounded as you check in with others on your team and they fail to respond in a timely and thorough fashion. Every one of these outstanding communications becomes an \u201copen loop\u201d that remains a worry\/to-do list item until it\u2019s responded to. You can do a huge favor to those along the project\u2019s work chain by responding in a timely fashion and answering all questions asked.<\/p>\n
\nMother color<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 I recently learned of a new (to me) painting technique, called mother color. This is when you pick a thematic color and add that color to every other color in a painting, miniature, model, etc. to create color harmony throughout the piece.\u00a0Here\u2019s a video<\/a>\u00a0detailing the technique.<\/p>\n
\nIn the last issue<\/a>, we included a link to a video on\u00a0Patrick Sullivan\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0YouTube channel where he tested the strength of end-grain gluing and found that such a bond can actually be quite strong (contrary to popular belief). This led to much misunderstanding of his findings, some useful discussion, and numerous response videos. Here\u2019s a\u00a0great video\u00a0<\/a>from\u00a0James<\/strong>\u00a0at\u00a0Stumpy Nubs<\/em>\u00a0with further clarification of what Patrick actually tested and how people misunderstood his findings. As Patrick himself points out in the comments to Stumpy\u2019s video:<\/p>\n
\n![\"deepholepatterns\"](\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2021\/10\/deepholepatterns.png\")
\nOn the\u00a0Cool Tools channel<\/a>, our pal\u00a0Donald Bell<\/strong>\u00a0takes a look at three different deep hole pattern markers, the\u00a0Pica<\/a>, the\u00a0FastCap<\/a>, and the\u00a0Dixon<\/a>. I\u2019ve been using FastCap markers for years now and love them, although I agree with Donald that the tip is a little wider than I\u2019d like. He doesn\u2019t declare a winner. Each makers has its strengths and drawbacks.<\/p>\n
\n![\"booknook\"](\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2021\/10\/booknook.png\")
\nLast issue<\/a>, I included the term \u201cbook nook,\u201d a popular form of crafting right now. These nooks are little book-themed dioramas that slot between books on a shelf. I saw\u00a0this ad<\/a>\u00a0for a commercial book nook maker where all of the characters in the nooks \u201cbreak plane,\u201d 3D art that emerges from the nook, something I haven\u2019t seen in homemade book nooks. Yet.<\/p>\n