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Tools:

3M Virtua CCS Protective Eyewear
https://amzn.to/2GMsOGn

Corded Reusable Earplugs
https://amzn.to/2GQIoku

Transcript:

It’s time for another Cool Tools review, this week we’re taking a look at what I think are the best, low-cost safety glasses out there. These are the 3M Virtua CCS. I got them on Amazon for around $7. And by using the link in the description to pick some up, you help support my videos and the Cool Tools blog.

Tool:

Nite Ize Spokelit LED Bicycle Spoke Light for Bike Wheels
http://amzn.to/2yQsgj6

Previous Cool Tool Review:
http://kk.org/cooltools/cat-eye-orbit-b/

Transcript

I’m Donald Bell and in this Cool Tools video I’m going to show you these Spokelit bike lights by Nite Ize. I bought these for around $14 on Amazon and by using the link in the description to pick some up for yourself you help support my videos and the Cool Tools blog.

Tool:

DeWalt Dual-Mold Safety Goggle
http://amzn.to/2vN6Pua

Transcript:

For this Cool Tools review I’m going to share my thoughts on these safety goggles from Dewalt. I picked these up on Amazon for around $10, and by using the Amazon link in the description here you help to support my videos and the Cool Tools blog.

This is the Hakko FX-901 portable soldering iron (available on Amazon: http://amzn.to/2sh7g0t). It runs off 4 AA batteries that you can swap out really fast with this removable cartridge design. I use rechargeables in mine and I get over an hour of use out of it before I notice the temperature drops. Alkaline batteries will run hotter, but not last as long.

This week on Maker Update, a mechanical hummingbird, the 2018 Hackaday Prize, a tour of Fab Lab Barcelona, casting metal from 3D prints, and getting started with Arduino without an Arduino. This week’s Cool Tools is 3M Virtua CCS Protective Eyewear.

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