Of the power tools I own, this diminutive Makita impact driver is one of my favorites. I recently had to install a Murphy Bed and this thing drove lag screws into the subfloor like I was hammering brad nails. As someone who cut his teeth with bulky, cordless, keyed-chuck power drills with no hammering action, that something this small could pack so much punch has always amazed me.
I always pictured a powerful little leprechaun inside making the magic happen; but as it turns out, the impact mechanism's a bit more prosaic. Nick Moore, whose YouTube channel is dedicated to sharing "Science on a budget, [to] take a closer look at the world we live in," cut the housing away on an impact driver extension to show you how it works. Pretty cool:
Moving sheet goods is a huge pain in the neck, particularly for shorter guys like me with a wingspan that leaves something to be desired. But even for you bigger folk, there's nothing ergonomic about toting a 4x8 sheet around your shop or the jobsite.The Gorilla Gripper is a cleverly-designed...
Making bent plywood forms is an involved business, even not accounting for the steaming. Industrial practitioners have expensive hydraulic presses, whereas shops making one-offs or limited runs have to construct both male and female purpose-built forms; and the more complicated the final shape, the crazier the clamping process gets.British company...
The first result of a Google Image Search for "Technique""Is technique an example of overcoming 'bad' design, or is technique itself a form of design?"So begins Sanjy009's inquiry into "Technique vs. Design," proceeding to illustrate the topic with a couple of examples, which have driven much of the discussion thus...
I love Forstner bits as much as I hate spade bits. Is there anything as satisfying as boring that smooth-sided, flat-bottomed hinge-cup hole in a cabinet-door-to-be? If your application requires you to go all the way through your workpiece, sure, you can get some nasty tear-out; my solution is to...
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