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, ...

I tried out a couple of everyday hacks, including a smart trick to hammer a nail without smashing my fingers. Some of these turned out super useful!