{"id":39369,"date":"2021-11-11T09:00:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T16:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=39369"},"modified":"2021-11-09T12:25:59","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T19:25:59","slug":"put-the-dang-tools-back-where-they-belong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/put-the-dang-tools-back-where-they-belong\/","title":{"rendered":"Put the Dang Tools Back Where They Belong!"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you have tips, tool recommendations, favorite maker jargon\/slang, or feedback, please\u00a0share with me<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Put the Dang Tools Back Where They Belong!<\/strong>
\n\"pans\"
\nRecently, in moving into and setting up our new house, I\u2019ve gone for a driver or a drill bit several times and the exact one I need is missing from the index. This happens to me far too often. So, instead of doing the job at hand, you end up having to go on a holy grail-like quest through your house and shop in search of the missing tool. There\u2019s a reason why people often outline the tools on their workbench pegboard, to visually remind themselves that a tool is not where it\u2019s supposed to be. Too often, in the heat of a project (or its cyclonic aftermath), we don\u2019t want to take the time to do a thorough clean up and re-org. And so we pay for that during the next project when we don\u2019t find things where they belong. So, be kind to future you (as Adam Savage puts it) and PUT THE DANG TOOLS BACK!<\/p>\n

Matching Any Color<\/strong>
\n\"matchanycolor\"
\nVia Kevin Kelly and\u00a0Recomendo<\/em><\/a>\u00a0comes this tip:
\n\u201cMixing a specific color by hand \u2014 I want to make this particular shade of green starting from primary colors \u2014 is a super skill that artists acquire and is much harder than it looks. I watched many YouTube tutorials to learn how to do this with paints and this\u00a0one by Draw Mix Paint\u00a0<\/a>was the best method for me. It\u2019s still more art than science.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ten 3DP Tips from a Seasoned Maker<\/strong>
\nOn\u00a0Alexandre Chappel<\/a>\u00a0YouTube channel, he offers up ten top 3D printing tips. His advice includes:
\n* Upgrade to a .06mm nozzle.
\n* Increase perimeter (wall thickness) over infill to improve part strength and reduce print time.
\n* Don\u2019t get distracted by all the fancy filaments out there \u2013 most everything you print can be done with PLA.
\n* Use glue stick for better bed adhesion.
\n* If you have a large or complicated part, print out a small section of it to test fit and function before committing to a full print.
\n* You don\u2019t have to 3DP everything. Create hybrid objects with 3D parts and conventional hardware (bolts, screws, threaded rods) \u2013 saves time and adds strength.
\n* When designing parts, avoid support structures as much as possible.
\nSee more details and the rest of his list\u00a0here<\/a>. [H\/t Kevin Kelly]<\/p>\n

Which Hole Saws Are Best?<\/strong>
\n\"holesaw\"
\nTodd of\u00a0Project Farm<\/em>\u00a0did his usual\u00a0admirably-thorough testing<\/a>\u00a0on a number of hole saw brands, from DeWalt, Irwin, Bosch, Milwaukee, Lenox, Morse, and others, testing 13 brands in all. He tested for material hardness, speed of cut, accuracy of cut, chip dispersal, and wear on the bit. Three different thickness\/hardnesses of metal were drilled. In the end, the best performer was the\u00a0MK Morse<\/a>\u00a0brand with carbide teeth. Proving that expensive doesn\u2019t always mean best, the MK Morse only costs $8.45 (compared to other brands costing upwards of $40). Todd also found that the\u00a0Milwaukee Dozer<\/a>\u00a0($9.45)\u00a0performed very well, as did the\u00a0Irwin<\/a>\u00a0(at $8.42).<\/p>\n

The Glue Donut<\/strong>
\n\"gluedonut\"
\nOn the Infinite Craftsman\u2019s\u00a0Instagram account<\/a>, Tom posted a fabulous little solution to a problem that lots of us have encountered. You\u2019re holding something with one hand and you need to open the top of your\u00a0carpenter\u2019s glue<\/a>\u00a0with the other. The plastic nozzle is not conducive to such a move. So, Tom 3D printed a little ring that goes underneath the lip of the nozzle so that you can push the donut to push up the nozzle. I assume Tom will eventually have these for sale in\u00a0his online store<\/a>. He usually makes his clever shop solutions available as \u201csmall batch\u201d products.<\/p>\n

Etching Glass with a Transfer Mask<\/strong>
\n\"etchglass\"
\nLaser-etching glass has a reputation for being difficult. According to Mike Clarke\u00a0on his YouTube channel<\/a>, it doesn\u2019t have to be. The trick he says is using\u00a0vinyl transfer mask<\/a>\u00a0(also known as transfer tape). You can get this online and at any vendor that sells sign-making supplies. You simply apply the mask to the glass where your image will be and let the laser etch through the tape. After etching, you use water to clean off the remaining tape. This process results in much finer details in the etch. See Mike\u2019s video for full details.<\/p>\n

Notable Quotables<\/strong>
\n\u201cMaking (in the physical sense) is about taking large chunks of material and making them smaller in precise ways.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0-Jamie Hyneman<\/p>\n

Mistakes Were Made<\/strong>
\nIn\u00a0the last issue<\/a>, we identified Andreas Spiess as Swedish. He\u2019s Swiss! Apologies, Andreas.<\/p>\n

Shop Talk<\/strong>
\nOn Cool Tools, reader Dom writes:<\/em>
\n“The\u00a0“Watch Your Step\u201d<\/a>\u00a0tip reminds me of the story of\u00a0Cheaper by the Dozen<\/em>\u00a0by Ernestine Gilbreth Carey and\u00a0Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr<\/a>\u00a0who used motion studies to reduce workers\u2019 movements and fatigue. They\u2019re the reason there\u2019s a person who hands the surgeon things while they\u2019re working.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gareth’s Tips, Tools, and Shop Tales – Issue #102<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39370,"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\/39369"}],"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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39369"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39375,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39369\/revisions\/39375"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}