A Blacksmith Shows Us How To Choose An Anvil - No doubt many readers have at times wished to try their hand at blacksmithing, but... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/17/a-blacksmith-shows-us-how-to-choose-an-anvil/ #anvilshapedobject #toolhacks #anvil
Using a MIG Welder, Acetylene Torch, and Air Hammer to Remove a Broken Bolt - If your shop comes complete with a MIG welder, an acetylene torch, and an air hamm... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/16/using-a-mig-welder-acetylene-torch-and-air-hammer-to-remove-a-broken-bolt/ #acetylenetorch #boltremoval #brokenbolt #toolhacks #airhammer #migwelder
Making a Variable Speed Disc Sander from an Old Hard Drive - This short video from [ProShorts 101] shows us how to build a variable speed disc ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/16/making-a-variable-speed-disc-sander-from-an-old-hard-drive/ #circularsander #harddiskdrive #discsander #toolhacks #hdd
Homemade VNA Delivers High-Frequency Performance on a Budget - With vector network analyzers, the commercial offerings seem to come in two flavor... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/16/homemade-vna-delivers-high-frequency-performance-on-a-budget/ #vectornetworkanalyzer #testequipment #toolhacks #fpga #adc #vna #rf
Making Parts Feeders Work Where They Weren’t Supposed To - [Chris Cecil] had a problem. He had a Manncorp/Autotronik MC384V2 pick and place, ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/15/making-parts-feeders-work-where-they-werent-supposed-to/ #pickandplace #toolhacks #manncorp #siemens
New Brymen Bluetooth BM788BT Digital Multimeter Coming Soon - If you’re into electronics you can never have too many digital multimeters (DMMs).... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/15/new-brymen-bluetooth-bm788bt-digital-multimeter-coming-soon/ #digitalmultimeter #bm780series #toolhacks #bluetooth #reviews #bm788bt #brymen
DIY Soldering Tweezers, Extra Thrifty - It started when [Mitxela] was faced with about a hundred incorrectly-placed 0603 p... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/12/diy-soldering-tweezers-extra-thrifty/ #solderingtweezers #solderingiron #surfacemount #toolhacks #3dprinted #ts101 #diy
Buyer Beware: Cheap Power Strips Hold Hidden Horrors - We’ve got a love-hate relationship with discount tool outlet Harbor Freight: we ha... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/07/buyer-beware-cheap-power-strips-hold-hidden-horrors/ #harborfreight #toolhacks #contact #testing #ground #outlet #spring #tools
Fiber Laser Gives DIY PCBs a Professional Finish - While low-cost professional PCB fabrication has largely supplanted making circuit ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/07/fiber-laser-gives-diy-pcbs-a-professional-finish/ #fiberlaser #pcbetching #silkscreen #soldermask #toolhacks #pcbhacks #uvresin
Pluto’s Not a Planet, But It Is a Spectrum Analyzer - The RTL-SDR dongles get most of the love from people interested in software-define... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/06/plutos-not-a-planet-but-it-is-a-spectrum-analyzer/ #spectrumanalyzer #wirelesshacks #adalm-pluto #toolhacks #plutosdr
A Portable Electronics Workstation - You don’t see them as often as you used to, but it used to be common to see “elect... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/04/a-portable-electronics-workstation/ #portableworkshop #raspberrypi #toolhacks
Handheld 18650 Analyzer Scopes Out Salvaged Cells - You can salvage lithium 18650 cells from all sorts of modern gadgets, from disposa... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/03/handheld-18650-analyzer-scopes-out-salvaged-cells/ #batterycharger #batterytester #batteryhacks #toolhacks
Software Hacks Unlock Cheap Spectrometer - A spectrometer is one of those tools that many of us would love to have, but just ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/31/software-hacks-unlock-cheap-spectrometer/ #reverseengineering #softwarehacks #spectrometer #obfuscated #toolhacks
How to Make a 13 mm Hole With a 1/2″ Drill Bit - As everyone knows, no matter how many drill bits one owns, one inevitably needs a ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/29/how-to-make-a-13-mm-hole-with-a-1-2-drill-bit/ #toolhacks #tinfoil #resize #drill #13mm
Half The Reflow Oven You Expected - Toaster oven reflow projects are such a done deal that there should be nothing new... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/27/half-the-reflow-oven-you-expected/ #toasteroven #reflowoven #toolhacks #esp32
Metal Detector Built With Smartphone Interface - If you think of a metal detector, you’re probably thinking of a fairly simple devi... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/25/metal-detector-built-with-smartphone-interface/ #microcontrollers #microcontroller #metaldetector #smartphone #toolhacks #esp32
Rolling Foam Cutter Gives Mattress a Close Shave - There’s many different reasons why somebody might have to hack together their own ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/24/rolling-foam-cutter-gives-mattress-a-close-shave/ #hotwirefoamcutter #classichacks #foamcutter #toolhacks #foam
Aluminum Business Cards Make Viable PCB Stencils - [Mikey Sklar] had a problem—namely, running low on the brass material typically us... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/21/aluminum-business-cards-make-viable-pcb-stencils/ #aluminiumbusinesscard #toolhacks #aluminium #pcbhacks #stencil #pcb
A Decade Resistance Box From PCBs - One of those useful things to have around on your bench is a decade resistance box... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/13/a-decade-resistance-box-from-pcbs/ #resistancebox #toolhacks #pcbhacks #gerbers #pcbart
I2C Sniffing Comes to the Bus Pirate 5 - While the Bus Pirate 5 is an impressive piece of hardware, the software is arguabl... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/12/i2c-sniffing-comes-to-the-bus-pirate-5/ #reverseengineering #buspirate5 #toolhacks #sniffer #i2c
