{"id":37102,"date":"2020-10-08T09:00:57","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T16:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=37102"},"modified":"2020-10-05T13:29:58","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T20:29:58","slug":"bike-chain-hinges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/bike-chain-hinges\/","title":{"rendered":"Bike Chain Hinges?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bike Chain Hinges?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Bike

Bike chain hinge.<\/p><\/div>\n

On a\u00a0recent Laura Kampf video<\/a>, where she\u2019s cutting down an old bike to make it foldable, she shows a little hack I\u2019ve never thought of. She uses links from an old bike chain to create a hinge for the bike\u2019s folding mechanism..<\/p>\n

Improve Your Layer Strength by Annealing 3D Prints in Plaster<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Is

Is plastering your prints a good idea?<\/p><\/div>\n

In\u00a0this video<\/a>,\u00a0Stefan\u00a0<\/strong>of CNC Kitchen makes an amazing discovery. By annealing 3D prints in plaster, you can significantly improve their strength and heat tolerance. He did have some issues with \u201cdemolding\u201d the parts from the plaster and plans to do additional testing. It will be interesting to see where this leads. As someone adds in the comments: \u201cBefore putting in plaster, coat with a sealer and then a mold release. Avoids moisture absorption and reduces cleanup.\u201d<\/p>\n

Finding the Center of a Cylinder with a Ruler and a Drill Press<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"When

When the ruler is eye-ball level, you’ve found your center line.<\/p><\/div>\n

We\u2019ve run this tip in the newsletter before, first shared by reader\u00a0Emory Kimbrough<\/strong>, but I thought I\u2019d share it again via this video. On\u00a0Arnold\u2019s Design<\/a>, he too shares this old machinist\u2019s trick for finding the center line of a piece of round stock by leveling a ruler on the vised stock using a drill press and a pointy bit in the chuck. When the ruler is eyeballed as level, you\u2019re at least close to the center point. It\u2019s not precision measuring by any stretch, but good enough for many applications.<\/p>\n

Using Rubber Bands to Create Temporary Clamps<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Image

Image via FamilyHandyman.com<\/p><\/div>\n

Don\u2019t forget the power of the rubber band to do simple things like creating a temporary small-parts clamp.<\/p>\n

Old Art Brushes Just Become Another Type of Brush<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Once

Once it was a basecoat brush. Then it became a drybrush. Stippling brush here we come!<\/p><\/div>\n

In\u00a0this video<\/a>\u00a0on reviving old acrylic brushes on\u00a0Midwinter Minis<\/em>, they share several good tips. One of them is to use a\u00a0matt clay hair product\u00a0<\/a>as a brush conditioner. Another is to always see an old brush as a new brush waiting to happen. An old basecoat brush can be repurposed as a drybrush, and a drybrush can then be given a severe haircut to become a stippling brush. And you can always re-purpose old brushes to use as glue applicators. THEN you get to throw them away.<\/p>\n

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

\"I

I choose my choice.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Treasure.\"

Treasure.<\/p><\/div>\n

Tell me a story<\/a>, a shop tale. Tell me about a tool you own and the story behind how it came into your life. Tell me about a project you have fond memories of or are haunted by. Tell me about a tip shared by a parent or mentor that you\u2019ve never forgotten. I\u2019m in search of stories for the 2nd volume of my book,\u00a0Tips and Tales from the Workshop<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll start.<\/p>\n

I began my professional life as an offset lithographer (printer) and graphic artist. I loved that work and it still lives large as part of my self-image. I will always be a printer in my soul.<\/p>\n

This old Austrian Meine Sorte cigarette box houses the first set of Speedball nibs I ever owned. I got them for Christmas when I was a teen first learning calligraphy and Celtic knot work. Also in the box are parts from my first\u00a0Rapidograph pen set<\/a>, also given to me by my parents at Christmas, when I became a printer.<\/p>\n

The Speedball handle and the rest of the Rapidograph pens are long gone, but I\u2019ve kept this wooden box and its precious contents in my work area ever since to always remind me of my roots and some of the first work tools I ever fell in love with.<\/p>\n

Tell me a story, a shop tale<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gareth’s Tips, Tools, and Shop Tales – Issue #64<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13684,"featured_media":37109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[2371],"tags":[2372],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37102"}],"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\/13684"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37102"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37112,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37102\/revisions\/37112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}