Remember the scene in “Titanic” where Rose takes two poorly placed practice swings with an ax to break the handcuffs off Jack … and then she actually does it? Well, that’s Hollywood magic. While we ...

1. Roughen the hammer's striking face with sandpaper—it'll help prevent glancing blows that bend nails and often find your thumb. 2. Chisel-shaped nail points tend to split the wood. To avoid the ...

[Collin Cunningham] over at Make recently wrapped up another edition of “Collin’s Lab” – this time around, the subject is breadboards. He starts off by discussing a common solderless breadboard, ...