Come See the new hackerspace this was made at. Newly opened Makeit Labs at 111 tanner st Lowell MA. there will be open houses on thurs from 7pm on. Come down see some projects or work on some of your own.

Harbor Freight FTW. Been shopping there for years. If you have one in your area you should check it out, it’s a hacker tools paradise. . .

i got some wireless headphones from harbor freight for 6 bucks lol. they only play in mono but theres a built in FM radio too and a MIC you can plug in to have a wired headset for skype or whatever. thats some raw hacking material 4ya

okay, it’s a hack, but he made a bracket. is that really post worthy? :/

Hey- these 18v motors aren’t bad, I took apart a HF portable circular saw and it uses the same motor.

You would want to remove the gearing for a (light duty) CNC spindle but this mount is a great idea.

Harbor Freight really is a great source of cheap components and gadgets. When you are buying things just to take them apart or repurpose them, it makes sense to go with a cheap supplier.

Between Harbor Freight and online resellers like DealExtreme, there are a lot of interesting things you can pick up at very low prices.

Ok on the subject of hackworthyness:

1.This bracket looks to be hand fabricated.
2. The plastic retainer piece was custom fabricated to eliminate weakness.
3. Ive personally seen the bracket today, the reason for the chuck is because the 10 inch wheels have a hole saw welded to them which directally chuck right up

He should give the bracket a lick of (auto)paint.

This type of this has been done by robot combat builders for years. We need them to not fall apart after getting hit.