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Hammer Time

Mitheral — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:09:34 -0800

Hammer quiz. Identify the intended use of speciality (mostly vintage) hammers. A sister site of Puzzle Photos (previously). Answers after the last photo.

Notch tubing without a notcher.

Mitheral — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:19:34 -0800

Cope pipe without a jig. Enter a few parameters and get a pdf that will give you a printable pattern that will allow you to notch tubing for welding or brazing to another pipe.

quoting with image maps

nickyskye — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 22:48:50 -0800

Kwout, Use it to grab a quick quotation or other screen shot from a web site and embed it into a blog or other website (one click to Flickr and Tumblr).. [via/via] When you invoke Kwout (either from their web page, or from a bookmarklet…) a medium sized screen shot is taken of the page you are quoting. You can then click and drag the cursor to highlight the section of the page you want to quote. Once you have grabbed your selection you are then taken to a page where you are presented with a number of display options. Copy the associated code and you can then paste the Kwout image map into any web page.

Plans for simple plywood boats

LobsterMitten — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:19:03 -0800

Hannu's Boatyard is a site by a Finnish guy who offers free plans for two dozen simple plywood boats you can build, along with photos illustrating the build process of each. He also describes basic woodbending technique and some of the design process, in a pleasing writing style that makes me want to get off the internet and make things. My favorites: Portuguese style dinghy; tiny stubby halfpea; round, Welsh-style coracle -- if you click on no other link today, click on the coracle link and scroll down at least to the black and white photo.

The Superior Works

growabrain — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 01:37:52 -0800

A wonderfully told story about a guy's exciting find. C.A. Jewett's Patternmaking Chest. (Via)

Beauty And Function

sluglicker — Tue, 29 May 2007 08:18:23 -0800

Ichiro Hattori makes the finest knives in the world. Chef knives (gyuto KD series) start at $860 USD and top out at $1175. This hunting knife is priced at $2150. These are not collector knives. They are made for everyday use. Text and images of the process and a YouTube vid of same (23:40 mostly in English).

Free online photo editor: Picnik.com

loquacious — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 05:53:40 -0800

Picnik. Free, online photo editing tools.

A ship is safe in the harbor, but that is not why ships are built.

paulsc — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 10:53:25 -0800

Make Life Better with a Sailboat-in-a-Closet. A multi-section plywood meditation for overcoming life's vicissitudes through apartment woodworking.

Pennant Race Visualizer

brain_drain — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:38:29 -0800

Baseball Race. "[A]n online application that allows you to view any Major League Baseball season, split by league or division (even wild card races), as an animated, date-by-date race between the various teams you choose."

No, W is not on the list.

empath — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:28:46 -0800

The 20 Greatest Tools of All Time. As chosen by Forbes magazine.