{"id":36239,"date":"2020-05-28T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T16:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=36239"},"modified":"2020-05-26T13:02:02","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T20:02:02","slug":"making-your-own-gear-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/making-your-own-gear-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Your Own Gear Ties"},"content":{"rendered":"

For my next\u00a0HackSpace\u00a0<\/em>column, I\u2019m thinking about doing a basic guide to molding and casting. If you have any tips on the subject,\u00a0give me a rattle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nIf you\u2019re new to the newsletter, welcome! This is a participatory effort, so please\u00a0feel free to share<\/a>\u00a0YOUR favorite tips, tools, or tell us an inspiring shop tale.<\/p>\n

Making Your Own Gear Ties<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Organize

Organize your gear with DIY ties.<\/p><\/div>\n

My ol\u2019\u00a0Make:<\/em>\u00a0colleague,\u00a0Jason Babler<\/strong>, wrote to say that he\u2019s been making a ton of these \u201cgear ties\u201d (as in ties for organizing your gear) after he saw\u00a0this video.<\/a>\u00a0Basically, all you need to make them is some\u00a0paracord<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0armature wire<\/a>.<\/p>\n

3D Printer Noise Reduction for Two Dollars<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Silence

Silence that rattle trap for two bones.<\/p><\/div>\n

I wrote about this yesterday on\u00a0Adafruit<\/a>.\u00a0Stefan<\/strong>\u00a0of\u00a0CNC Kitchen<\/em>\u00a0explains why<\/a>\u00a0he uses concrete \u201cpavers\u201d (which you can get at a home store for about US$2) under his printers. Basically, it\u2019s for noise reduction. But being a\u00a0CNC Kitchen<\/em>\u00a0video, he goes into great detail about what actually causes the sounds that can make your printer annoying to be around and ways of mitigating the racket. He also looks at other noise reduction measures, like 3D-printed spring feet, foam pads on your printer\u2019s base, and a foam pad below a paver base.<\/p>\n

Precision Pocket Oilers<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"For

For those teeny-tiny lube jobs.<\/p><\/div>\n

Many years ago, I got a gorgeous Japanese robot kit that came with the loveliest little needle-tip oil tube dispenser. At some point, I lost it. So, I was tickled to see\u00a0this Cool Tools video<\/a>, with\u00a0Donald Bell\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Jordan Bunker<\/strong>, where Jordan shows off a similar (though much larger) precision pocket oiler. The oilers are two for $8\u00a0on Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Making Your Own Shop Recipe Books<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Mix

Mix at your own risk!<\/p><\/div>\n

If you mix up a bunch of your own glues, paints, finishes, lubrications, solvents, etc., consider creating a small formulary to keep the recipes for the mixes you use. Such a book is also a great place to keep any measurements, weights, temperatures, formulas, and other notes that you might use on a regular basis. I keep those in the back. For my books, I use blank-page\u00a0Moleskine Cahiers notebooks<\/a>. I use twine to create a loop so that I can hang them from my pegboards.<\/p>\n

Aligning Sanding Discs<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"From

From Acme Tools’ Instagram page.<\/p><\/div>\n

I just followed the amazing\u00a0Acme Tools Instagram page<\/a>. There are a ton of seriously useful tips on there. I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll be sharing more in the future.\u00a0Here<\/a>, they show how you can use a couple of 3\/8″ dowel pieces to line up the holes of a sanding disk onto a disk sander. Store the dowels with your disks.<\/p>\n

The Maker’s Muse<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Thinking

Thinking outside the (junction) box. Another great tip from Acme Tools.<\/p><\/div>\n

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

In response to my tip a few weeks back on\u00a0organizing your browser tabs<\/a>, reader\u00a0Bill Schuller<\/strong>\u00a0writes:<\/p>\n

I also keep a very large heard of browser tabs. If you use Chrome, the closest thing to a sheep dog\u00a0in this analogy is\u00a0<\/em>Cluster – Window & Tab Manager<\/em><\/a>. I use it to find, rearrange, purge, and move groups of tabs into new windows. It also allows you to \u201cpause\u201d tabs, which removes them from working memory for those occasional moments when you\u2019ve really gone overboard with the number of open tabs.<\/em><\/p>\n

While we\u2019re talking about Chrome extensions, I can\u2019t live without\u00a0<\/em>Video Speed Controller<\/em><\/a>. A few years ago, I was getting a demo of some of the awesome technology that\u00a0<\/em>Aira<\/em><\/a>\u00a0creates to help folks with a visual impairment\u00a0navigate the world. During the demo, I learned that it\u2019s not uncommon for folks to learn to listen to audio at 8x speeds. Since then, I\u2019ve been slowly adapting to\u00a0absorbing information more quickly. It works with any HTML5 video including YouTube and the like. At work, it also makes getting through Zoom recordings a whole lot quicker too.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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