Raising livestock presents a number of challenges. You have to worry about breeding, disease, and making sure all of your animals stay fed. And as we all know, this last part requires a whole lot of grazing. Unfortunately, animals don’t have a concept of “property lines” or “not wandering out in the road.” And for …
When you think of technology, you don’t normally think about arts and crafts. Technology is for video gamers, cryptocurrency miners and fans of fancy audio equipment. Arts and crafts are the realm of old-school, hands-on creativity. But in fact, technology has been a part of arts and crafts from the beginning. For instance, synthetic pigments …
When it comes to cleaning up the worst messes, a shop vacuum is the best tool for the job. But a shop vac requires power, which means you at least have to be in the vicinity of a power outlet. Depending on where you’re working, this could be a problem. If you’re cleaning a car, …
What do you do if you need to see inside a confined space, like a wall, pipe, or engine cylinder? The answer, in all of these cases, is to use an inspection camera. An inspection camera, sometimes called an “endoscope” or a “borescope,” consists of a camera mounted on a semi-rigid rod. The rod can …
When you’re working on a big job, you need to take a lot of measurements. For instance, let’s say you’re painting a very large room. You need to know the height and width of the walls. Now, a tape measure and a pen and paper are often a good way to take these measurements. But …