{"id":19312,"date":"2014-06-11T13:38:55","date_gmt":"2014-06-11T20:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=19312"},"modified":"2017-04-10T15:56:20","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T22:56:20","slug":"author-howard-rheingold-cool-tools-show-003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/author-howard-rheingold-cool-tools-show-003\/","title":{"rendered":"Author and Artist Howard Rheingold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/153927544&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rheingold.com\/\">Howard Rheingold<\/a> is a critic, writer, teacher, and artist; his specialties are on the cultural, social and political implications of modern communication media such as the Internet, mobile telephony, virtual communities, digital media and learning, and online co-learning. He joins the Cool Tools podcast this week to discuss how his budding interest in woodworking has enriched his creative projects and led him to amass a whole new arsenal of cool tools. In this episode, Howard shows us a thorough list of must-haves for any beginner in woodworking or circuit tinkering, as well as some quality-of-life items to cultivate a healthy working environment.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/cool-tools-show-and-tell\/id605920446?mt=2\">Subscribe to the Cool Tools Podcast on iTunes<\/a> |<a href=\"http:\/\/feedpress.me\/cooltoolsshow\"> RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tracking.feedpress.it\/link\/7810\/121520\/153927544-boing-boing-cool-tools-show-003.mp3\">Download episode<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/ciH3qA\">Transcript<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"urilv-button\" href=\"http:\/\/feedpress.me\/cooltoolsshow\" name=\"feed-7810\">Subscribe to Cool Tools Show<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Show notes:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/RheingoldArt\">Howard\u2019s Etsy Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are Howard&#8217;s tool picks, with quotes from the show:<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/06\/tuff-shed.jpg\" width=\"475\" \/><br \/>\n<img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/06\/tuff-shed-2.jpg\" width=\"475\" \/><br \/>\n<img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/06\/tuff-shed-3.jpg\" width=\"475\" \/><br \/>\n<img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/06\/tuff-shed-4.jpg\" width=\"475\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tuffshed.com\/sheds\">6&#8242; x 8&#8242; Tuff Shed: ~$2,000.00<\/a> (See website for exact pricing.)<br \/>\n&#8220;I\u2019ve got a six by eight foot shed installed. They broke it down into parts and moved it through my narrow garden gate and installed and painted it, all level and nice, for two thousand dollars for an eight by six foot shed. You\u2019ll be amazed at the amount of stuff I\u2019ve been able to cram in there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B000AU1VJE\/cooltools-20\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/06\/makita.jpg\" width=\"475\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B000AU1VJE\/cooltools-20\"> Makita Compound Miter Saw: $449.00-$796.00<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;I\u2019ve got a Makita compound miter saw, which is invaluable. Compound means you can move it in an angle in the horizontal plane, but you can also move it at angles in the vertical plane to make bevels. That\u2019s very useful especially if you get a blade with more teeth on it so that you can make finer cuts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B005ZDRUFA\/cooltools-20\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/06\/survivair.jpg\" width=\"475\" \/><br \/>\nSurvivair S-Series Half Mask respirator mask: $27<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;The respirator I\u2019m using is the Survivair, S. Series Half Mask Respirator. Cost me thirty bucks and I figure it\u2019s worth it to not have to worry about my lungs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B000MIR9JA\/cooltools-20\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/06\/lathe.jpg\" width=\"475\" \/><br \/>\nJet 10-inch lathe: $419 &#8211; $521<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;I have a Jet mini-lathe. Again, I took a wood turning class and the teacher recommended it. It&#8217;s a 10-inch, which enables me to work in a pretty small space.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B00H2B78YG\/cooltools-20\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/06\/rikon.jpg\" width=\"475\" \/><br \/>\nRikon 8-inch grinder: $140<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B000CSQONC\/cooltools-20\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/06\/wolverine-grinder.jpg\" width=\"475\" \/><br \/>\nWolverine Grinding Jig: $92<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;By the way, if you get a lathe you have to get a grinder, I found out, because your tools get dull very quickly, so I\u2019ve got a Rikon eight-inch grinder and at the recommendation of my wood turning teacher. I got the Wolverine grinding jig with it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B001VY3ACE\/cooltools-20\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/06\/uvex-face-shield.jpg\" width=\"475\" \/><br \/>\nUvex Bionic Face Shield: $42 &#8211; $54<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B00H3JTT30\/cooltools-20\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/06\/rocker.jpg\" width=\"475\" \/><br \/>\nRoker Wireless portable bluetooth speaker: $23<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;I just put on Spotify or my iTunes, click &#8216;Library,&#8217; start playing it on my iPhone, and then just turn on my speaker and turn on Bluetooth and, bang! It\u2019s pretty substantial.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spoonflower.com\/shop\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/06\/spoonflower.jpg\" width=\"475\" \/><br \/>\nSpoonflower Fabrics: See website for pricing.<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;If you go to Spoonflower.com you can upload any image and they\u2019ll send you fabric.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/copypaste.en.softonic.com\/mac\/download\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/06\/copypaste.jpg\" width=\"475\" \/><br \/>\nCopy Paste Pro: Free<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;Copy Paste Pro will remember up to the last two hundred things that I either cut or copied to my clipboard. The clipboard, by the way, Ted Nelson calls \u201cthe abominable hidey hole.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B000TLWYX6\/cooltools-20\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/06\/wire-wrap.jpg\" width=\"475\" \/><br \/>\nRadio Shack Wire Wrapping Tool: $3 &#8211; $13<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;It wraps wire around a pin and makes just as good an electrical connection &#8212; and just as good a mechanical connection &#8212; as soldering does. You put a little shrink wrap on it and it can be quite robust if you\u2019re not going to move it around too much.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adafruit.com\/products\/1606\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/06\/perma-proto-board.jpg\" width=\"475\" \/><br \/>\nAdafruit Perma-Proto Breadboard: $7.00<\/a><br \/>\nMark: &#8220;Adafruit makes these really great printed circuit boards that have the same letter and numbering system as a solderless breadboard&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B006YYPIUI\/cooltools-20\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/06\/blackwing.jpg\" width=\"475\" \/><br \/>\nPalomino Blackwing 602 Pencils: $23\/doz.<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;One thing that Boing Boing turned me onto are Blackwing pencils. I\u2019ve got those out in the shed. I\u2019ve got them in my sketchbook here in the office.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B00023RYS6\/cooltools-20\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/06\/felco.jpg\" width=\"475\" \/><br \/>\nFelco Pruners: $54 &#8211; $63<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;I use them for cutting up anything that\u2019s basically smaller than your thumb and there\u2019s a lot of it in my garden. If you\u2019ve got fruit trees or you\u2019ve got bushes or blackberries or ivy, anything like that you\u2019ll use it a lot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B0013J0HI2\/cooltools-20\/cooltools-20\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/06\/paperclay.jpg\" width=\"475\" \/><br \/>\n<img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/06\/paperclay-2.jpg\" width=\"475\" \/><br \/>\nPaper Clay: $12\/16 oz.<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;It\u2019s mostly paper but it\u2019s also got a little bit of clay in it. You don\u2019t need to bake it. It takes a couple of days to dry and after it dried you can sand it and paint it or put something more substantial over it and it\u2019s very, very lightweight which is a good reason for using it.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Howard Rheingold &#8211; Cool Tools Show #3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1559],"tags":[1555],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19312"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19312"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28657,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19312\/revisions\/28657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}