Category Archives: Skill Set

12 Basic Excel Functions Everybody Should Know

Improve your Excel skills. It comes in handy at the worst times.

A good discussion on basic power tools used in woodworking and what they are used for.

Good advice on children, tools, and safety.

Granted, Gabriel isn’t ready for any saw work any time soon, but I hope to refer back to this at a later date.

More info on measuring tools from the Woodworking month skill set series.

The ongoing project to teach woodworking this month provide knowledge on how a lathe works.

An introductory post on woodworking tools to start Make’s month of skill sets for woodworking.

It isn’t enough to have good tools. Properly preparing them is even more key.

Another lesson from this month’s electronic skill set. This time, on reading circuit diagrams which I am apparently REALLY rusty on.

Know it and learn.

Some helpful electronics advice from the folks at Make.