Sorry, I still think it is misleading, whether you are following Ars or not. “Despite” or “in spite of” implies that they are doing something that—by letter or spirit—the rules were intended to prevent. The FCC’s prohibitions had nothing to do with preventing the use of open source software.

C’mon Alan, that title is misleading linkbait. “Despite FCC rules” implies the devices are non-compliant.

I’m a fan of drawers myself, but that is probably because I have more tools than wall space. Drawers don’t have to be disorganized—my tool drawers are french-fitted with laser cut 1/2" EVA foam cutouts spot-glued to 3/8" EVA foam liners. Wall/shelf space tends to get reserved for things I use all the time (safety…

Structurally, I’m not sure how long the doors will hold up, especially for heavier tools. The wood is glued ‘n screwed (pocket screws), but I don’t think I’d trust it to remain square long term—if you look at the right door in the picture, it already looks like the free (non-hinge) end is sagging down and resting on…

To be fair, you can get a thermoworks for less than a gazillion these days. Used to be they mainly serviced the food safety industry and had a seriously commercial price tag, but these days they offer a lot of consumer products that have the virtually the same high quality and speed, but are more reasonably…

It really depends upon the construction of the cabinet. If you remove the toe-kick, is there anything on the bottom of the cabinet that is structural that will keep the bottom sides aligned? If so, you can probably do this. If not, you might look at the cabinet and see if there is a way of reinforcing it that won’t…

I only strictly adhere to mise-en-place when cooking Indian recipes from Madhur Jaffrey. When you are adding collections of a dozen different spices at 30 second intervals, you need a bunch of little glass bowls. OTOH, it looks cool.

My comment said “very few people out there are buying knives these days that aren’t stainless.” So flash rust on carbon steel isn’t the point. Since the picture with the article features a couple IKEA knives, and I already noted my cutlery is Shun, I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest that this article isn’t “for…

See also “knolling.” But it can be taken to extremes. I ran across the term watching a video of one of Adam Savage’s one day builds—a custom Lego Sisyphus kit. He insisted on “knolling” all the 1350 pieces of Lego, which meant (at least for him) that he took, say, all the like-colored 1x2 bricks and snapped them all…

While I have a 1.5HP 17" drill press in my shop now, I find I don’t use it all that often. A crappy 4A 10" tabletop drill press is even more questionable as a purchase in my mind from a utility perspective. So I probably would take the $190 you would spend buying a trashy Mastercraft drill press add in the $20 you…

Can the 4A motor in the DP withstand the sustained load?

I’m still not buying it. Why would the “thinnest” part be most exposed to corrosion? While some blades may have a sandwiched construction, it isn’t going to be relevant on that scale. So I think it can safely be said that the metal that is the sharpened edge is no different than the rest of the metal in the…

I’ll buy that failing to dry may cause blackening or rust, but very few people out there are buying knives these days that aren’t stainless, so this is a nonissue for most of us. I went to the original article to find out why failing to dry my knives causes them to get dull faster, which made zero sense to me. Since…

Remarkable as this may seem, there are many consumers out there that are rational, and still may want different things than you. I know it may be less intellectually taxing to assume that you are, in fact, the basis for all that is reasonable, but most people grow out of that in time.

Remarkable as this may seem, there are many consumers out there that are rational, and still may want different…

It may be where you are in life too. I’m over 50. Among other things, it means that creature comforts centered around my ass and sitting long periods carries far more value than it did in my 20s.

It may be where you are in life too. I’m over 50. Among other things, it means that creature comforts centered…

It is comparable to the other beach chairs I see on the beach height-wise (seat; they are high-backed compared to some others, but I like that). Besides, beaches are sand—you want it lower, use your heel to drag a trench before you put it down. And, from the link “5 reclining positions and arched seat front for…

It is comparable to the other beach chairs I see on the beach height-wise (seat; they are high-backed compared to…

Ah, my favorite kind of bullshit value judgment—the old “anyone who doesn’t agree with my values is stupid” commenter. Maybe I have to haul my chair around a lot more than you do, so the fact that it is superlight is worth money to me. Maybe I use mine a lot more than you do, so marginal comfort is worth more to me.…

Ah, my favorite kind of bullshit value judgment—the old “anyone who doesn’t agree with my values is stupid”…

Lafuma low elips (sic) folding chair. Just under $100 from Amazon. The only insanely light chair I could find that was well-engineered and durable.

Lafuma low elips (sic) folding chair. Just under $100 from Amazon. The only insanely light chair I could find that…

Oh good lord no.

I had a poor relationship with pegboard—not a huge fan of the look, and the damn pegs always seemed to fall out or require too much maintenance. I switched to commercial slatwall for wall hung stuff in my garage (lawn tools, extension cords, sporting gear, etc), but in my shop areas I tend to like drawers—too many…