"That first table feels like it's missing its context. As if it was originally made to integrate into a specific space and use, and is now just a weird orphan with all that stripped away."

"This is literally happening. Apple’s MagSafe charging is the basis for the Qi2 standard: https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/01/03/apples-magsafe-is-the-foundation-for-new-wireless-charging-standard"

"Cute, but it feels like it's trying VERY hard because it's a ryoba. There have been good folding kataba (single-side vs. the double-side ryoba) for many years which I'd absolutely prefer if I was in the market for a folding saw, even if that meant packing two to have rip and crosscut. Even simpler, what I actually do is carry my saws in a fairly standard Japanese style leather saw keeper. Great for when you need a set of saws on the go."

"Seeing the lines on these pieces, and the seeming ease with which the material is subjected to complex bends in the video, I suspect this isn’t traditional steam bending per se but an application of Compwood. Beyond compwood’s extreme bendability, regarding Rain’s side-note this would be worked at room temperature rather than with hot wood straight out of the steamer.  Alternatively, if they are indeed hot bending then I’d look to a double-bend technique that (at least) Michael Fortune has documented. The wood out of the steamer is first bent on a generic curved form, put back in the steamer, re-bent in the opposite direction on the generic form, put back in the steamer again, then bent on the final production form. The bend/re-bend process more thoroughly softens up the lignins in the wood, a sort of “mini compwood” effect, allowing the final bends to be more extreme and have less spring back than basic steam bending admits."

""who decided they should be valuable?" tl;dr: originators of and participants the NFT Ponzi scheme. If you care about why this is so and the high-level picture Nicholas Weaver's recent interview may be illuminating: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2022/05/why-this-computer-scientist-says-all-cryptocurrency-should-die-in-a-fire/If you want to get a deeper insight into  "why is all of this crypto stuff actually really terrible" then Stephen Diehl's _The Complete Argument Against Crypto_ is it: https://www.stephendiehl.com/blog/complete.html"

"It's an interesting design for mass manufacture, but as @no spec above alludes, I'd want field reports of it in use: what do people's hands say? The hoop has been in use for a very, very long time and it's a good solution. Barring some other failure, hooped handles (at least on Japanese chisels) will generally last until the tool has been sharpened out of existence. They're also easy to reuse (e.g. if a handle needs to be remade) or to tweak and reset (if a handle just needs to be shortened a bit due to use and wear)."

"Honestly, it’d be WAY better to go have a look at the Gougeon boat book (free PDF at: https://www.westsystem.com/the-gougeon-brothers-on-boat-construction/), which covers a ton of tecniques used in boat building and maintenance regarding epoxy to reinforce fasteners. This includes techniques for dropping threaded fasteners into holes where epoxy alone, without threads, secures the fastener. The book gets into discussions of pull-out force, etc. for anyone interested. I’ve occasionally reinforced threads in wood (made with a tap) via a technique inspired by this book: 1) drill and tap for your fastener as normal, 2) coat a sample fastener (which should be hex/Allen drive) well in mold release and let dry (hint: Aussie heavy hold hairspray is a great mold release for this. it’s just spray plastic), 3) put some epoxy in the threaded hole, 4) screw in the fastener and wipe up any squeeze out (have a little alcohol on hand) , 5) wait for the epoxy to set, 6) Use a tool with a bit of leverage and a hex driver bit to “pop” the fastener loose, then unscrew.Extending that technique using what’s in the book to avoid tapping: with a sample fastener coated in mold release, “pot” that fastener in epoxy in a wide-clearance hole.  Once cured, remove the fastener ala step 6 above. The fastener molds in the threads for the eventual final fastener."

"This is extremely in my bailiwick and I backed it instantly. If this device is reasonably accurate and repeatable it will be a game-changer for a quite a lot of handwork fiber arts processes. I know of a high-end studio in Japan that had a similar device built into a custom warping/setup machine, but in no way modular. This solves the hard part of building all manner of similar contraptions, so it’ll be great for individual artists as the video shows, but scale up in all kinds of wild ways for diy/studio/professional usage."

"Some time back I got an inexpensive pack of about three zillion velcro ties, which are quite quick to use, easily reusable/repositionable, and are made of the good velcro with the short and robust hook side. I can imagine uses where this tape gun might be a significant improvement, but those also set off RSI warnings in my head..."

"What, it's not for playing Missile Command on the center console display? (╯ರ ~ ರ）╯︵ ┻━┻"

"Wow, and I thought old school Logitech was the worst offender in the “Left-handers NEED NOT EXIST” category.  But with this, Lenovo is finally poised to wrest that title away."

"I have one of the model shown at top, and they're pretty atrocious. It's  difficult to ascertain whether they're ever actually setup square to the base, and have so much wobble even fully locked down that I'm not sure it matters.Wabeco also makes some reasonably well regarded small milling machines (possibly others - that's just what I'm familiar with), so it's no wonder that their version of a hand-drill press looks like "real" machinery.  The depth stop mechanism in the video is interesting – it looks like it's probably a fair bit more consistent than the stop on my (otherwise fantastic) floor-standing drill press. I do wonder how much of the travel range that stop permits the use of? At one point, I would have been VERY interested in that bit of kit, back when dwelling in much more limited space, but it's obviously less useful now that I have the capacity for a dedicated machine with my own custom-built drill press table, etc. Still, sometimes there's an occasional need for multiple machines setup for multiple pass work. The Wabeco unit might be good enough for that occasional and/or portable accuracy need within a larger shop."