#toolhacks — Public Fediverse posts

Powering USB Devices with a Bench Supply Adapter Board

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/03/20/powering-usb-devices-with-a-bench-supply-adapter-board/

Powering USB Devices with a Bench Supply Adapter Board

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/03/20/powering-usb-devices-with-a-bench-supply-adapter-board/

Stack n’ Rack Your Hardware With the HomeRacker Project https://hackaday.com/2025/11/27/stack-n-rack-your-hardware-with-the-homeracker-project/ #3dPrinterhacks #ToolHacks #3dprinted #organizer #rackmount #workshop #storage #dfm #diy

Making a Brushless DC Motor Winding Machine - Over on his YouTube channel our hacker [Yuchi] is building an STM32 BLDC motor win... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/17/making-a-brushless-dc-motor-winding-machine/ #microcontrollers #brushlessdcmotor #robotshacks #wirewinding #toolhacks #hardware #bldc

3D Printing A Useful Fixturing Tool https://hackaday.com/2025/04/24/3d-printing-a-useful-fixturing-tool/ #fixturingtool #3dprinting #ToolHacks #3dprinter #fixture

Virtual Nodes, Real Waves: a Colpitts Walkthrough https://hackaday.com/2025/04/22/virtual-nodes-real-waves-a-colpitts-walkthrough/ #SoftwareHacks #oscilloscope #virtualspace #simulation #ToolHacks #multisim #sinewave #waveform #Science #digital #nodes #sinus #News #sine

Virtual Nodes, Real Waves: a Colpitts Walkthrough https://hackaday.com/2025/04/22/virtual-nodes-real-waves-a-colpitts-walkthrough/ #SoftwareHacks #oscilloscope #virtualspace #simulation #ToolHacks #multisim #sinewave #waveform #Science #digital #nodes #sinus #News #sine

Virtual Nodes, Real Waves: a Colpitts Walkthrough https://hackaday.com/2025/04/22/virtual-nodes-real-waves-a-colpitts-walkthrough/ #SoftwareHacks #oscilloscope #virtualspace #simulation #ToolHacks #multisim #sinewave #waveform #Science #digital #nodes #sinus #News #sine

Virtual Nodes, Real Waves: a Colpitts Walkthrough https://hackaday.com/2025/04/22/virtual-nodes-real-waves-a-colpitts-walkthrough/ #SoftwareHacks #oscilloscope #virtualspace #simulation #ToolHacks #multisim #sinewave #waveform #Science #digital #nodes #sinus #News #sine

Magnetic Vise Makes Positioning Your Workpiece Easier https://hackaday.com/2025/02/14/magnetic-vise-makes-positioning-your-workpiece-easier/ #magneticvise #ToolHacks #tools #vise

A Cordless Soldering Iron With A Difference https://hackaday.com/2025/02/03/a-cordless-soldering-iron-with-a-difference/ #siliconcarbide #microwaveoven #solderingiron #ToolHacks

Simple Hardware Store Hack Keeps Your PCBs Right Where You Want Them https://hackaday.com/2025/01/16/simple-hardware-store-hack-keeps-your-pcbs-right-where-you-want-them/ #workholding #ToolHacks #fixturing #magnetic #clamp #vise #jig #pcb

Simple Hardware Store Hack Keeps Your PCBs Right Where You Want Them - Sometimes it’s the simplest hacks that make the biggest impact.
Take these DIY mag... - https://hackaday.com/2025/01/16/simple-hardware-store-hack-keeps-your-pcbs-right-where-you-want-them/ #workholding #toolhacks #fixturing #magnetic #clamp #vise #jig #pcb

Power Supply With Benchtop Features Fits In Your Pocket https://hackaday.com/2024/11/19/power-supply-with-benchtop-features-fits-in-your-pocket/ #CrowdFunding #powersupply #ToolHacks #USBC #PPS #Pd

Power Supply With Benchtop Features Fits In Your Pocket - [CentyLab]’s PocketPD isn’t just adorably tiny — it also boasts some pretty useful... - https://hackaday.com/2024/11/19/power-supply-with-benchtop-features-fits-in-your-pocket/ #crowdfunding #powersupply #toolhacks #usbc #pps #pd

Combination Safety Glasses and Measurement Tool https://hackaday.com/2024/11/08/combination-safety-glasses-and-measurement-tool/ #analogmeasurement #safetyglasses #simonegiertz #measurement #eyeglasses #ToolHacks #brass #ruler

Combination Safety Glasses and Measurement Tool - While rulers and tape measures are ubiquitous, they always seem to disappear when ... - https://hackaday.com/2024/11/08/combination-safety-glasses-and-measurement-tool/ #analogmeasurement #safetyglasses #simonegiertz #measurement #eyeglasses #toolhacks #brass #ruler

Digitally Reading a Micrometer’s Output https://hackaday.com/2024/07/17/digitally-reading-a-micrometers-output/ #measurement #micrometer #ToolHacks #dialgauge #metrology #gauge

Digitally Reading a Micrometer’s Output - If you’re instrumenting your machine tools, or if you’re just curious, you might w... - https://hackaday.com/2024/07/17/digitally-reading-a-micrometers-output/ #measurement #micrometer #toolhacks #dialgauge #metrology #gauge

A Brief Look Inside a Homebrew Digital Sampler from 1979 https://hackaday.com/2024/06/17/a-brief-look-inside-a-homebrew-digital-sampler-from-1979/ #successiveapproximation #oscilloscope #ToolHacks #sampler #NMOS #adc #dac

A Brief Look Inside a Homebrew Digital Sampler from 1979 - While we generally prefer to bring our readers as much information about a project... - https://hackaday.com/2024/06/17/a-brief-look-inside-a-homebrew-digital-sampler-from-1979/ #successiveapproximation #oscilloscope #toolhacks #sampler #nmos #adc #dac

Harbor Freight and LEGO PCB Vise is Cheap and Effective - It doesn’t take much chasing things around the bench with a soldering iron to appr... - https://hackaday.com/2024/02/07/harbor-freight-and-lego-pcb-vise-is-cheap-and-effective/ #harborfreight #workholding #toolhacks #technics #pcbvise #clamp #lego #vise #pcb

In Praise of Old Meters - We are spoiled with multimeters today. Even the cheapest meter you will get these ... - https://hackaday.com/2024/01/12/in-praise-of-old-meters/ #repairhacks #multimeter #radioshack #toolhacks #teardown #micronta #vtvm #vom

Plasma Cutting and 3D Printing Team Up to Make Bending Thick Sheet Steel Easier - Metalworking has always been very much a “mixed method” art. Forging, welding, mil... - https://hackaday.com/2023/10/28/plasma-cutting-and-3d-printing-team-up-to-make-bending-thick-sheet-steel-easier/ #plasmacutter #pressbrake #sheetsteel #toolhacks #alignment #bending #bracket #plasma #tool #jig

Prepare to Brake: Quick Intro to Metal Bending - If you want to bend metal to make shapes, you might use equipment like a brake. Bu... - https://hackaday.com/2023/08/05/prepare-to-brake-quick-intro-to-metal-bending/ #metalworking #toolhacks #bending

3D Printer Repurposed for Light-Duty Lab Automation Tasks - Laboratory automation equipment is expensive stuff, to such a degree that small la... - https://hackaday.com/2022/11/11/3d-printer-repurposed-for-light-duty-lab-automation-tasks/ #3dprinterhacks #automation #laboratory #toolhacks #cartesian #histology #gantry #ender

A Steam Box For Not A Lot - If you have ever marveled at the complex wooden curves used by shipbuilders or som... - https://hackaday.com/2022/08/10/a-steam-box-for-not-a-lot/ #toolhacks #bentwood #steambox #bending

Drill Press Piece Fastening 101 - What are the options you have for securing your workpiece to the drill press table... - https://hackaday.com/2022/04/17/drill-press-piece-fastening-101/ #drillpress #toolhacks #drilling #holddown #c-clamp #clamps #clamp #vise

Crimping Tools And The Cost Of Being Cheap - Crimp connectors provide an easy and convenient way to connect electronics while s... - https://hackaday.com/2022/02/07/crimping-tools-and-the-cost-of-being-cheap/ #hackadaycolumns #crimpingtools #toolhacks #mini-pv #dupont #jst

USB Power Has Never Been Easier - USB cables inevitably fail and sometimes one end is reincarnated to power our sold... - https://hackaday.com/2022/01/05/usb-power-has-never-been-easier/ #3dprinterhacks #prototyping #connectors #toolhacks #3dprinted #powerbank #hardware #testlead #dupont #power #5vdc #usb #5v

Need A Small, Cheap Ammeter? Blinkenlights To The Rescue! - You know how it is. You’ve got that new project running, and while it doesn’t cons... - https://hackaday.com/2022/01/03/need-a-small-cheap-ammeter-blinkenlights-to-the-rescue/ #blinkenlights #blinkingled #flashingled #toolhacks #ledhacks #ammeter #fled

Tricky Screw Heads Have Disappearing Slots - Perhaps you’ve seen them, demonstrations of a machined piece of metal that upon fu... - https://hackaday.com/2021/10/24/tricky-screw-heads-have-disappearing-slots/ #electricdischargemachining #precisionmachining #mischacks #toolhacks #machining #precision #fastener #edm

Vise Tripod Lets You Put The Tool Where You Need It - Vises are useful things for holding whatever you’re working on, but too often they... - https://hackaday.com/2021/10/17/vise-tripod-lets-you-put-the-tool-where-you-need-it/ #toolhacks #tools #tool #vise

Old School Fastener Tutorial Is Riveting - Whether you’re making, repairing, or hacking something together, we all need fastn... - https://hackaday.com/2021/09/10/old-school-fastener-tutorial-is-riveting/ #classichacks #repairhacks #toolhacks #riveting #propane #copper #hammer #rivets #brass #steel #torch #vise

A 3D-Printed Block And Tackle For Those Annoying Lifts - Perhaps the humble block and tackle — multiple parallel pulleys to reduce the effo... - https://hackaday.com/2021/08/19/a-3d-printed-block-and-tackle-for-those-annoying-lifts/ #blockandtackle #classichacks #toolhacks #3dprint #pulley

3D Printing Restores Bandsaw - A great addition to a home shop is a bandsaw, but when [Design Prototype Test] got... - https://hackaday.com/2021/05/13/3d-printing-restores-bandsaw/ #3dprinterhacks #3dprinting #stopswitch #toolhacks #bandsaw #pulley

Modified Microwave Cures Resin Parts With Style - Once you make the leap to resin-based 3D printing, you’ll quickly find that puttin... - https://hackaday.com/2021/05/05/modified-microwave-cures-resin-parts-with-style/ #microcontrollers #microwaveoven #toolhacks #microwave #uvresin #curing #pic16 #uvled

Power Supply uses Thin Form Factor - We’ve seen lots of power supply projects that start with an ATX PC power supply. W... - https://hackaday.com/2021/04/19/power-supply-uses-thin-form-factor/ #3dprinterhacks #powersupply #toolhacks #upcycle #atx #tfx

Ambitious Spot Welder Really Pushes the Amps - On the face of it, a spot welder is a simple device. If you dump enough current th... - https://hackaday.com/2021/04/16/ambitious-spot-welder-really-pushes-the-amps/ #microwaveoventransformer #spotwelder #toolhacks #electrode #metalwork #welder #mot

Put a Hardened Edge on Mild Steel with Just a Drill Bit. Sort of. - People have been working metal for so long that the list of tips and tricks is now nearly infinite... - https://hackaday.com/2020/12/27/put-a-hardened-edge-on-mild-steel-with-just-a-drill-bit-sort-of/ #hard-facing #toolhacks #hardened #welding #drill #edge #tig

Simultaneous Soldering Station - Soldering irons are a personal tool. Some folks need them on the cool side, and some like it hot. Ge... - https://hackaday.com/2020/08/27/simultaneous-soldering-station/ #2020hackadayprize #thehackadayprize #solderingiron #atmega32u4 #toolhacks #arduino #atmega #sketch #solder #rohs #pcb

This DIY Dynamometer Shows Just What A Motor Can Do - Back in high school, all the serious gearheads used to brag about two things: their drag strip tic... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/03/02/this-diy-dynamometer-shows-just-what-a-motor-can-do/ #angularvelocity #electricmotor #dynamometer #horsepower #toolhacks #torque #power #dyno

This Servo Actuated Multimeter Does the Twist - This tip comes our way courtesy of [Elad Orbach], who’s been experimenting with a device that uses... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/02/14/this-servo-actuated-multimeter-does-the-twist/ #assistivetechnolgy #automation #multimeter #toolhacks #servo #vom

3D-Printed Tools Turn Bench Vise into Expedient Press Brake - Chances are pretty good that most of us have used a bench vise to do things far beyond its intende... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/01/06/3d-printed-tools-turn-bench-vise-into-expedient-press-brake/ #machinetool #pressbrake #reinforced #sheetmetal #toolhacks #benchvise #bending #punch #petg #die #pla

DIY Electric Roller Bender Can Handle The Thick(er) Stuff - Every serious metal worker will end up getting themself a roller bender at some point, but if you’... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/12/22/diy-electric-roller-bender-can-handle-the-thicker-stuff/ #metalworking #barbending #toolhacks #machining #bending #welding

A Double-Hybrid Mini-Lathe, From Scratch - It’s a treadle lathe! No, it’s a power lathe! It’s a wood lathe! No, it’s a metal lathe! Actually,... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/10/23/a-double-hybrid-mini-lathe-from-scratch/ #pillowblock #toolhacks #headstock #tailstock #bearing #treadle #pulley #chuck #lathe

USB Armory MkII: A USB-C Thumb Drive Based Linux Computer for Pentesters - While it might look like a disrobed flash drive or RTL-SDR dongle, the USB Armory Mk II is actually ... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/09/29/usb-armory-mkii-a-usb-c-thumb-drive-based-linux-computer-for-pentesters/ #securityhacks #toolhacks #usbarmory #security #trng #usbc #usb

Basic Acrylic Bending, No Special Tools Needed - Acrylic sheets are relatively inexpensive, pretty, and can be heat-shaped very effectively. There ar... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/09/16/basic-acrylic-bending-no-special-tools-needed/ #thermoforming #toolhacks #acrylic #bending #hacksaw #how-to

Build Your Own Metal Roller - Metal fabrication is a useful skill to have. There’s plenty you can achieve in your workshop at ho... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/03/31/build-your-own-metal-roller/ #metalworking #metalworking #toolhacks #metalwork #bending