Few things disturb us more than the bewilderment of a broken bolt or seized pipe plug in a casting. You're at a loss for how to get the darned thing out. This is when you have to slow down and come up ...

CEO Dan Widmaier talks exclusively with Forbes about going public and the ups and downs of running a synthetic biology firm. Bolt Threads, a maker of biomaterials including a key ingredient for ...

Biotechnology is about to get a major breakthrough in the textiles department – a market-ready manmade spider silk product is launching at SXSW this weekend. Bolt Threads, a San Francisco-based ...

EMERYVILLE — Clothing and spiders go all the way back to Greek mythology, in which the arrogant weaver Arachne is turned into a spider by the goddess Athena after challenging her to a weaving ...

An angle grinder is the best tool to use for trimming down exposed bolt ends. Here’s how to do it. To do this, you’ll need a bench vise and an angle grinder with a metal cut-off wheel. Use a Sharpie ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Nothing can bring a project to a halt quite like the discovery of a broken bolt. Whether it's something as simple as replacing an old mower ...

From Issue Six of Gear Patrol Magazine. Discounted domestic shipping + 15% off in the GP store for new subscribers. Long live spiders. Or more accurately, longlivespiders. That’s the password to gain ...

A hat made from Rambouillet wool is a perfectly nice hat. The fiber, shorn from a Rambouillet sheep, is fine and soft. Not at all scratchy. “They call it the American merino,” says Dan Widmaier, the ...

Measuring torque when installing threaded fasteners is the best indicator of future joint performance, right? Actually, bolt tension is a better performance indicator, but measuring torque is far ...