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Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 05
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Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 05

by Mark Frauenfelder
February 2006
Beginner content levelBeginner
224 pages
7h 28m
English
Make: Community
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Q&D

THE QUICK AND DIRTY

Workshop tips from Mister Jalopy’s garage.

Holes, Rivets, and Bent Metal

Learn three essential shop fabrication techniques and reward yourself by making a wi-fi signal deflector.

How to Drill Equidistant Holes in a Straight Line

Pegboard is underrated. Handy as can be. Think you are too good for pegboard? Julia Child’s kitchen at the Smithsonian is practically a pegboard temple.

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Illustrations by Damien Scogin

1 Clamp two sheets of sheet metal or plywood to extend over the edge of the bench.

2 Align, square, and clamp a strip of pegboard over the sheets.

3 Use a pointy center punch to mark each hole. Every pegboard hole ...

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