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Leafy zip ties
September 2nd, 2010 | 
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What maker doesn't love zip ties?! They're useful for cable management MacGyvering things, and holding your robots together. We've posted these leafy ties by Lufdesign before, but now they're for sale and not just a concept. [via inspire me now]
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Repair and maintenance tips from Laura’s dad
When we put out the call for our Make and Mend theme, our awesome editorial assistant, Laura Cochrane, asked her dad for some ideas. Craig Cochrane is a former U.S. naval officer, a general building contractor, and a woodworker. He's currently building a one-and-a-half story architecturally detailed carriage house. Here are a few tips he shared with us. [Thanks, Laura! Thanks, Craig!]
Plastic-coating pruning shears, pliers, etc.
When factory plastic coating on handles wears off, re-coat them with a rubber dipping compound, which can be purchased at a home/hardware store or online. (If handles are aluminum and the plastic wears off, the aluminum will turn your hands black.)
Door "tune-up," for when a door is not latching, is sticking, or is scraping the floor.
Frequently, it's the hinges that are loose. If they are:
* Tighten screws.
* If screws won't tighten (if they're stripped), break off a piece of wooden matchstick and insert it into the screw hole.
* Re-insert screw and tighten.
Mister Jalopy’s community tool box
Mister Jalopy, proprietor of what looks to me -- through my virtual window here on the other side of the country -- as one of the coolest establishments in LA, Coco's Variety Store, is one magnanimous so and so. He's created a community tool box to share with his customers. It contains 30 tools, chain lube, and Santa. Sweet. The identifying stenciling says "Bicycles 4 Lovers and Fighters," which I take as a Coco motto of sorts. And, as if to tug on my polymathic heartstrings even harder, there's Coop art, stickers from my favorite type foundry, House Industries, and to show that Mister J and Coco are in touch with their feminine side, there's even a fashion designer Kate Spade tag! And did I mention it comes with Santa?
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Mister Jalopy’s community tool box
Mister Jalopy, proprietor of what looks to me -- through my virtual window here on the other side of the country -- as one of the coolest establishments in LA, Coco's Variety Store, is one magnanimous so and so. He's created a community tool box to share with his customers. It contains 30 tools, chain lube, and Santa. Sweet. The identifying stenciling says "Bicycles 4 Lovers and Fighters," which I take as a Coco motto of sorts. And, as if to tug on my polymathic heartstrings even harder, there's Coop art, stickers from my favorite type foundry, House Industries, and to show that Mister J and Coco are in touch with their feminine side, there's even a fashion designer Kate Spade tag! And did I mention it comes with Santa?
Read the Full Story » | More on MAKE » | Comments » | Read more articles in Toolbox | Digg this!