Tip: Simple Sander or Polisher

; Here’s a very easy way to make a quick and simple tool that you can use for sanding or polishing. This tool can be made in literally 30 seconds; all you need is a piece of music wire! ; So to start grab a piece of wire (I prefer music wire because it is […]

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Tip: X-Acto Blade Disposal

This is something that I made about a year ago and I have used it just about everyday since. I go through quite a bit of exacto knife blades but throwing them away used to be a problem. I can’t throw them straight into the garbage because first of all it would/could cut the garbage […]

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Tip: Cut Holes in Foam

  There has been many times I have needed to cut a smooth hole in a piece of foam. When I am building RC planes I normally want to cut a smooth hole to run a pushrod or wire through the foam. When I need to do this I don’t want to just shove a […]

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iPhone Otterbox Tripod Mount

While working on the first prototype of the firecracker dispenser and lighter, I wanted to take some video of it when I realized I couldn’t attach my iPhone to a tripod. I know you can buy things that make it to where you can do this, but why buy it when you can make your own . […]

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Tip: Thread and Superglue – Very Strong

I heard about this trick a while back and have found it very useful. If you want a strong joint between two objects, thread and superglue can be a great way of doing it. For example, the other day I wanted a way to mount my small video camera to my RC plane. My camera […]

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