Tools A Wrench That Might Come in Handy In a new take on the hand wrench, designer Paul Julius Martus developed this cool cast bronze sculpture a couple years ago. The sculpture reminded me of our hand and… February 12, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Tools What Tool Can’t You Live Without? This fuel injector tester was the centerpiece of a Nairobi car repairman's shop, until it was damaged in a huge diesel fire that devastated his neighborhood. What tool can't you… February 5, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Tools Rickshaw Repair Tool Camouflage Last week, I posted about a rickshaw repair shop in Delhi, showing off some photos of a man putting spokes on a wheel by hand. Today, I want to show… February 1, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Tools Let’s Play Name That Object in India! Two men sit in a Delhi shop with shiny metal cylinders stacked from floor to ceiling. When I first saw this picture, I couldn’t figure out what they were—not motors,… January 28, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Tools Hold On, Museum Wax Is On the Job Jeff Stephens is an inventory specialist at iFixit, and he worked for six years as a supervisor of installations at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. He has installed… January 25, 2012 by Jeff Stephens
Tools 2011 Holiday Gift Guide Alright, friends. It's that time of year again—to reach into the pocketbook, bust out the pepper spray, and face the hordes of maniacal shoppers. Okay, okay, put down the pepper… December 13, 2011 by Miro Djuric
Tools Introducing, for Your Fixing Pleasure: The New Pro Tech Base Toolkit Our Pro Tech Base Toolkit has been a hot item ever since we released it last year -- repair techs, DIYers, single-parent moms, and even secretive 3-letter agencies have used… December 13, 2011 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit
Tools Rice Is for Dinner, Not Repair If you have ever dropped a phone in a pool or spilled water on your Game Boy, then you know the helplessness of water damaged electronics. When water comes into… November 23, 2011 by Miro Djuric
Tools Mac Mini Dual Hard Drive Kit We found in our teardown that the new Mac Mini had a lovely empty spot for a secondary drive. Needless to say, we received hundreds of requests to figure out… August 12, 2011 by Miro Djuric
Tools HexBright Flex Programmable Flashlight Through some NASA lunar excavator connections (no joke) we learned about this absolutely smashing Kickstarter project. The HexBright Flex is a programmable flashlight that you can program however you'd like! July 13, 2011 by Miro Djuric