While often seen as a specialist instrument, digital calipers are actually easy to use and allow both enthusiastic amateurs and professionals to work and measure with much greater precision than can ...

When it comes to woodworking, or any kind of construction, the golden rule is “measure twice, cut once.” The fool’s rule is the inverse, “measure once, cut twice.” When you sit down to do your ...

Now, digital calipers with wired interfaces to capture the current reading are nothing new. But the good ones are expensive, and really, where’s the fun in plugging a $75 cable into a computer? So ...

[Austin Adee] came into some drill bits. A lot of them actually. But when thousands of assorted sizes are delivered in one disorganized box, are they actually useful? Not unless you’re drilling holes ...

Never forget this: There is a tool for everything. And not just a general mixed-use tool. There is a tool specifically designed for the job you’re doing. Take rulers, for example. They’re one of the ...

The project utilizes a cheap digital caliper and a microcontroller kit to create the digital read out that uses the information from the calipers to display the current position of the cutting toll on ...