#ToolOfTheDay USB ammeters (especially for USB type C) are super handy, but a number of models ONLY work when USB power delivery protocol is being used (so they appear to be broken when only plugged in at one end, when plugged into a charge-only cable, or prior to completing PD negotiation) […]
A round plastic case like a makeup compact, about 8cm diameter by 1cm thick. It has a short usb C-C cable around the circumference, and various adaptors within plus a sim tool and storage for SD and SIM cards. It is your portable get-out-of-cable-hell-free card.
#ToolOfTheDay This¹² portable USB toolkit will get you out of many a connectivity problem. Unlike so many other adaptors, its iPhone lighting plug is really reliable, it's the only cable I have that 100% reliably charges my elderly and banged-up iPhone. If it had […]
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A box cutter that is a slide out round tipped blade with tiny teeth. Imagine a 30mm long chainsaw.
#ToolOfTheDay this serrated box cutter cuts tape and cardboard without accidentally ruining your Precious Pakidge :pakidge: I have a bad habit of using a scalpel to open packages and then the ragrets.
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_c3OtUfnp
A cotton bud (aka Q-tip) is held in a watchmaker’s precision pin vice, mostly to get extra reach to clean out a corroded battery well, but also for yuks.
#ToolOfTheDay When you need the job to be ultra precision clean.
A large file with curved teeth spaced about 2mm apart and 1mm deep. Coarser than some cheese graters, and i get this baby would be great with Grana Padano.
#ToolOfTheDay the Dreadnaught File. One of those “rarely needed but you’ll be glad you had it!” tools. Removes non ferrous metal like nothing else.
A hex shank threading tap with an integral pilot drill at the tip, alongside the broken tip from another of the same tool. I have never not regretted reaching for this convenient tool. Seriously they are okay for soft material up to about 1.5mm thick, DO NOT USE IN BLIND HOLES. again.
#ToolOfTheDay: combined drill-tap-chamfer bit. When you only have one hole to tap and you couldn’t be smegged getting out the tap wrench or fitting a tap follower in the mill, there is no tool that will ruin your day faster than popping one of these bad girls in […]
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A soup can (containing compressor oil, I ate the soup) used to quench-harden red hot machine parts
#ToolOfTheDay: Campbell’s chicken soup. The ideal quenching medium for Rings of Power.
An adjustable reamer (blades that slide in angled slots under the control of two nuts) being used to ever so slightly enlarge a 7mm hole that is a bit tight.
#ToolOfTheDay Adjustable reamers. You don’t need wm very often but when you do they save an asstonne of work. (If you don’t have any, you can make a one off reamer to do the job, but that takes longer).
A motor sits atop the bracket to which it will be bolted. Four pointed transfer screws are fitted to the motor’s mounting holes, and the points of the screws are to hing the bracket. A light tap will mark all four places to drill the bolt holes.
A motor bracket and a motor. Since the motors central boss is too short to register against the hole, an extension boss has been made to ensure the motor aligns exactly with the central hole while marking the screw locations.
The face of a bracket with four dimples left by the pointed transfer screws. They are all exactly on the circle marking the correct radius.
#ToolOfTheDay Transfer Screws. I’m sure you can buy them but I just make them when i need a set. Put a screw in your cordless drill and run it against the grindstone to grind off the head and make a point. Use a pin vise to hold the pointy end when inserting. When […]
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Tweezers marked with lines at the point where the width is one two and three times the pitch of the required bends
A piece of wire held in tweezers at the “two” marker
A piece of wire bent to fit two units of a 0.1 inch pitch prototyping board
It-can’t-be-Wednesday-already #ToolOfTheDay. This one costs nothing more than paint. If you need to make jumper wires to go onto 2.54mm (0.1 inch) spaced holes, mark up a pair of tweezers with lines corresponding to N holes (1,2,3 etc). Now you can make accurate […]
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A USB power bank that holds eight 18650 lithium cells. It has a display which reports state of charge, voltage and current. It can deliver up to 12v (also 9v or 5v) at up to 22.5 watts.
Wednesday #ToolOfTheDay - this power bank tops out at 12v 2A, so not ideal for laptops, but for phones, soldering and other duties its simplicity calls to me. Cram in 20 Amp-hours of 18650 cells (1s8p), and it delivers power and information about what it's […]
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Tweezers apply precise pressure via a sliding collar.
A pair of hemostats hold silicone coated wire in place for soldering to a battery management boards. Try this with PVC wire and you might damage the insulation.
Tuesday #ToolOfTheDay: Hemostats (surgical clamps) are great when you need to hold something really tight, but it’s almost always too tight; your clamps might cause circuit gangrene. Silicone wire is an exception, it’s really tough and so floppy that extra hands […]
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A double ended PCB vise, holding a pair of tweezers in one end. The tweezer tips protrude from the side of the vise.
An upside down pcb vise, a pair of tweezers and a scalpel handle form an ersatz micromanipulator
A 2mm wide 4-pin tactile switch is held still for soldering fly leads to the switch for SEKRIT PROJECT
Monday #ToolOfTheDay: your PCB vise is the tool you always forget you have, you should use it more. BUT ALSO, when you have to hold something REALLY small, put some tweezers in the vise. When the thing you are trying to hold falls out for the 80th time, turn the vise upside down.
A petite cordless soldering iron sits on the deck of a macbook. It's handle is about the size of 2xAA cells, it has a silver button, no screen and a replaceable tip.
Tuesday #ToolOfTheDay #StraightOuttaShenzen - this sub-$10 battery soldering iron. Now I have a TS80 and two or three other portable irons, and this iron is no TS80. BUT BUT it is cordless and when you need to do a quick touch up or a couple of joints, it does the […]
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Tired of tilting your head to read tiny tape marks? The Lufkin Quick Read solves that with vertical tick marks—so you read measurements straight on, no twisting required! Hi-Viz for easy spotting & a pivot lock for extra control. Measure smarter! 📏 #ToolHacks #ToolOfTheDay
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#ToolOfTheDay this $6 pick up claw for all your nightmare needs. And getting that irreplaceable screw or earring out of the sink.
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#ToolOfTheDay - Aldi Ferrex cordless glue gun, uses xfinity 20v batteries interchangeable with other tools in the range.
DO NOT BUY. You could melt the glue faster by rubbing two sticks together.
Bonus recommendation: every other cordless glue gun I've tried has been shit also (bunnings […]
