It’s an understatement to say that sawing through metal by hand is hard work, but there’s no need to break a sweat when today ...
Some tools make work easier. Every so often, a tool comes along that doesn’t just improve performance—it transforms the way you build.
Last year, we saw [How To Make Everything’s] take on [DaVinci’s] machine for cutting threads. However, they stopped short of the goal, which was making accurate metal screw threads. After much ...
A cheap and effective ratcheting tap. Need to cut threads into a hole? A tool called a tap is what you need, and a hand-operated one like the one shown here to the side is both economical and ...
Twist drills do not make accurately sized or good finish holes; a reamer of some type is often used to cut the final size and finish. A reamer will not make the original hole; it will only enlarge a ...