{"id":25624,"date":"2016-01-08T16:43:56","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T23:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=25624"},"modified":"2016-01-08T16:48:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-08T23:48:00","slug":"gareth-branwyn-former-editorial-director-of-make","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/gareth-branwyn-former-editorial-director-of-make\/","title":{"rendered":"Gareth Branwyn, Former Editorial Director of MAKE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/gareth-branwyn-former-editorial-director-of-make\/\">Click here<\/a> to listen to the podcast) Gareth Branwyn is the former Editorial Director of MAKE. He was also the senior editor at bOING bOING print, a section editor at Mondo 2000, and a Wired contributing editor for 12 years. Gareth has also written and edited over a dozen books. His most recent book, a combo best-of collection and \u201clazy man\u2019s memoirs\u201d is called <a href=\"http:\/\/sparksoffirepress.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Borg Like Me (&amp; Other Tales of Art, Eros, and Embedded Systems)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><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>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/feedpress.me\/cooltoolsshow\">RSS<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1rtI52uG9PGVRv5Dh1iK8FJIvaWSKl7TwROj6kjgObFM\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">Transcript<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tracking.feedpress.it\/link\/7810\/2291125\/240579066-cool-tools-44-gareth-brawnwyn-former-editorial-director-of-make.mp3\">Download MP3<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/tag\/cool-tools-show\/\">See all the Cool Tools Show posts on a single page<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Show Notes:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2016\/01\/edgeTabHack_4-620x406.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25626\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2016\/01\/edgeTabHack_4-620x406-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"edgeTabHack_4-620x406\" width=\"450\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2016\/01\/edgeTabHack_4-620x406-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2016\/01\/edgeTabHack_4-620x406.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/makezine.com\/2015\/07\/23\/extremely-useful-notebook-organizing-hack\/\" target=\"_blank\">Notebook Keyword Index<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;As you generate subjects, you write down those subjects along the outer edge of the back page, and then \u2026 as you write the subject in the content of the book, you just mark the corresponding area on the outer edge of the notebook \u2014 just a little black mark \u2014 and so then as you look through the edge of the notebook, you can see all \u2026 the black marks that connect to that line of the back cover index.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r0zpqhhcmp4?rel=0\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/makezine.com\/2015\/04\/30\/turn-dremel-tool-plastic-welder\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bonding Plastic with a Dremel<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;The basic idea is you just take a Dremel tool. If you want to bond 2 pieces of plastic, like you\u2019ve worked on a 3D print that\u2019s broken or you want to combine 2 pieces of a 3D print, you just slot a piece of plastic rod into a rotary tool and just place it as it spins around. You just place it up against the joint, and the friction melts the plastic, and so you basically have a little friction welder.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2016\/01\/loctiteandbakingsoda.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25645\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2016\/01\/loctiteandbakingsoda.jpg\" alt=\"loctiteandbakingsoda\" width=\"393\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2016\/01\/loctiteandbakingsoda.jpg 393w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2016\/01\/loctiteandbakingsoda-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B002SKVZIQ\/cooltools-20\" target=\"_blank\">Baking Soda<\/a>\u00a0($10) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B004Y960MU\/cooltools-20\" target=\"_blank\">CA Glue<\/a>\u00a0($6)<br \/>\n&#8220;If you add the baking soda to the CA, it makes this incredibly strong &#8230; much more substantive bond .. You can cut it and carve it, so that\u2019s really cool.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-08-at-2.37.53-PM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25633\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-08-at-2.37.53-PM-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-01-08 at 2.37.53 PM\" width=\"450\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-08-at-2.37.53-PM-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-08-at-2.37.53-PM.jpg 559w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/jimmydiresta\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Drilling Straight Holes<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;Jimmy [DiResta] had a really great [tip] on his drilling tips video &#8230; He attaches a board to the top edge of the drill, so like if you\u2019re trying to drill up against the wall or you can even like make a jig out of a piece of wood at a 45-degree angle to your drilling surface, but by having this piece of wood on the top of the drill \u2026 and making sure it\u2019s level with the drill bit, then you created a perfect perpendicular hole by placing that wood up against some other wooden surface or some other surface.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2016\/01\/DiResta_1-620x381.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25636\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2016\/01\/DiResta_1-620x381-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"DiResta_1-620x381\" width=\"450\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2016\/01\/DiResta_1-620x381-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2016\/01\/DiResta_1-620x381.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/makezine.com\/2015\/07\/29\/five-excellent-jimmy-diresta-shop-tips-and-nine-nifty-tips-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stretch Wrap Packaging<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;[DiResta] has this great idea of using stretch wrap and \u2026 bundling up a thing \u2026 in bubble wrap first, but not taping it, and then just putting stretch wrap on the outside, and then folding the end of the stretch wrap where it\u2019s a little tab. You get the package, and then unpack it. You just grab the little tab, and then you just unwind the few turns of stretch wrap, and then the bubble wrap, so nothing is actually attached expect that one little tab at the end of the stretch wrap that\u2019s holding the whole thing together, and that makes so much sense to me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bonus Tip:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2016\/01\/mcmastercarr_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25638\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2016\/01\/mcmastercarr_1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"mcmastercarr_1\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2016\/01\/mcmastercarr_1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2016\/01\/mcmastercarr_1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2016\/01\/mcmastercarr_1.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/makezine.com\/2015\/02\/06\/pro-tip-you-can-3d-print-parts-from-mcmaster-carr\/\" target=\"_blank\">You Can 3D Print Parts from McMaster-Carr<\/a><br \/>\nMany of the parts in the McMaster-Carr online catalog have downloadable CAD files associated with them that you can use to 3D print prototypes of parts?<\/p>\n<p>More of Gareth Branwyn&#8217;s tips can be found\u00a0on the <a href=\"http:\/\/makezine.com\/tag\/tips\/\" target=\"_blank\">Make<\/a> site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cool Tools Show 44: Gareth Branwyn, Former Editorial Director of MAKE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"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\/25624"}],"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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25624"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25647,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25624\/revisions\/25647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}