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A Minimal Keychain-Based Utility Knife for Your Everyday Carry
The Quark Tool takes standard blades and doesn't take up a lot of space
By Rain Noe - Jul 10
If I could carry a boxcutter with me at all times, I would. But the NYPD is known for hassling even tradesmen carrying conspicuous blades, so a lot of times I find myself trying to cut things with my fingernail or my keys.
The Quark Tool looks like a good alternative:
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Enter a caption (optional)Designed by Portland-based Amalgam PDX, the Quark has recently been crowdfunded. You can pre-order them here for $18 a pop (or cheaper if you buy in bulk).
Rain Noe
Rain Noe is a writer and industrial designer based in New York City.
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By Shannon Rogers - Jul 06
Hand Tool School #37: The Beginner Workbench
Made from construction lumber and just a few tools
"What is the best beginner workbench?" is a loaded question, and one I get all the time. I usually tell beginning woodworkers to hold off on building a bench right away because they don't know what they don't know yet and a workbench isn't actually needed to get started. For
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By David Frane - Jul 05
Milwaukee Packout Modular Storage
Heavy duty tool boxes, parts organizers, and totes that can be ganged together for transport and storage.
Long popular in Europe, modular storage took a while to catch on the U.S. Festool, Bosch, and DeWalt have offered it for years, and now Milwaukee is entering the category with its soon-to-be-released Packout Modular Storage system. Like other modular systems, Packout offers contractors the ability to stack and connect
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By Rain Noe - Jul 04
How to Make Your Own Mechanic's Creeper with Onboard Lighting and Tool Storage
Bob Clagett's functional DIY design
You can spend as little as 20 bucks for a cheapie mechanic's creeper, or upwards of 150 for a fancy one. However, here Bob Clagett shows you how easy it is to build your own, to your exact specifications and dimensions, while adding some extra functionality to boot:
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By Rain Noe - Jul 03
Furniture Finesse: How to Easily Create Pillowed Legs
No power tools necessary
While the legs of any wooden piece of furniture often start out as perfectly rectilinear off of the table saw, sometimes that blocky shape doesn't work with your final design. Tapers are easy enough to do with a tapering jig, and of course you could turn them on a lathe,
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