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Pick and place table has arrived!
The pick and place table has arrived, we bought a nice solid metal table (AG-300) which is usually used for kitchen equipment. Next up we’re going to get a stand up workstation for the keyboard, monitor and mouse that we can easily move around. Here is what we ordered…

Round cable stripper – do you use this?
We’ve seen the wire stripping technique used by broke students and hobbyists, but some industry ‘vets’ complained. We found it interesting that nearly everyone had a -different- way of doing it (slice down with razor, cut down with dykes, cut with razor then bend, pull on insulation and /then/ cut down, pull on the internal read more...

HOW TO – Cut insulation off multi-core wire
HOW TO – Cut insulation off multi-core wire – (m4v)… have a handy tip on doing this too? Post it up in the comments!

The best affordable volt-ohm meter?
Cool tools asked “What’s the best affordable volt-ohm meter”- here’s what we said... Most people on the internet will reflexively say “FLUKE!@” but really they’re overkill: Anyone who isn’t sure what multimeter to get doesn’t use them often enough to justify spending more than about $50 Best supercheap: Mastech MAS-830 ($11) from http://www.elexp.com/tst_s830.htm and others Best midrange: read more...

Woodworking magazine’s Altoids tool contest
Woodworking magazine’s Altoids tool contest via MAKE. Christopher writes - I was worried this would happen. Some of the entrants to our contest to build a tool from an Altoids tin built tools that actually worked. Sigh. Woodworkers are so practical. We’re also practical. And so the winner of our contest is Tom Bier, who built read more...