Hackaday1d ago

Building a Vise Stand with Pen-Like Retracting Wheels

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/04/05/building-a-vise-stand-with-pen-like-retracting-wheels/

Building A Vise Stand With Pen-Like Retracting Wheels

Old shop tools have a reputation for resilience and sturdiness, and though some of this is due to survivorship bias, some of it certainly comes down to an abundance of cast iron. The vise which [Ma…

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Hackaday2d ago

Turning a Bluetooth Caliper into a FreeCAD Input Device

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/04/05/turning-a-bluetooth-caliper-into-a-freecad-input-device/

Turning A Bluetooth Caliper Into A FreeCAD Input Device

It’s a common ritual: whipping out those calipers or similar measuring devices to measure part of a physical object that we’re trying to transfer into a digital model in an application …

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131d ago
Turning a Bluetooth Caliper into a FreeCAD Input Device https://hackaday.com/2026/04/05/turning-a-bluetooth-caliper-into-a-freecad-input-device/
#SoftwareHacks #ToolHacks #Digitalcalipers #Freecad
Turning A Bluetooth Caliper Into A FreeCAD Input Device

It’s a common ritual: whipping out those calipers or similar measuring devices to measure part of a physical object that we’re trying to transfer into a digital model in an application …

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132d ago
Making a Vintage Allen Scythe Electric https://hackaday.com/2026/04/03/making-a-vintage-allen-scythe-electric/
#ToolHacks #Allenscythe #Electriclawnmower #Lawnmower #Vintagelawnmower
Making A Vintage Allen Scythe Electric

The Allen Scythe is one of those fantastic pieces of vintage agricultural machinery which would never be allowed to be manufactured today for health and safety reasons. It’s a two-wheel walk-…

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Hackaday3d ago

Making a Vintage Allen Scythe Electric

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/04/03/making-a-vintage-allen-scythe-electric/

Making A Vintage Allen Scythe Electric

The Allen Scythe is one of those fantastic pieces of vintage agricultural machinery which would never be allowed to be manufactured today for health and safety reasons. It’s a two-wheel walk-…

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Hackaday6d ago

An Oscilloscope The Way They Used To Be

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/03/31/an-oscilloscope-the-way-they-used-to-be/

An Oscilloscope The Way They Used To Be

It’s likely that Hackaday has a readership with the highest percentage of oscilloscope ownership among any in the world, and we’re guessing that most of you who fit in that bracket have…

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136d ago
An Oscilloscope The Way They Used To Be https://hackaday.com/2026/03/31/an-oscilloscope-the-way-they-used-to-be/
#Classichacks #ToolHacks #Crt #Lissajous #Oscilloscope
An Oscilloscope The Way They Used To Be

It’s likely that Hackaday has a readership with the highest percentage of oscilloscope ownership among any in the world, and we’re guessing that most of you who fit in that bracket have…

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HackadayMar 26

3D Printed Wire Stripper Uses PLA Blades

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/03/26/3d-printed-wire-stripper-uses-pla-blades/

13Mar 26
3D Printed Wire Stripper Uses PLA Blades https://hackaday.com/2026/03/26/3d-printed-wire-stripper-uses-pla-blades/
#ToolHacks #Diy #Heatsetinserts #Wirestrippers
3D Printed Wire Stripper Uses PLA Blades

One might think that [Da_Rius]’s mostly 3D printed wire stripper would count its insulation-shearing blades among the small number of metal parts required, but that turns out to not be the ca…

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HackadayMar 20

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/