It seems that for as long as there have been readily available 3D printers, there have been moral panics about their being used to print firearms. The latest surrounds a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/17/hacking-the-system-in-a-moral-panic-we-need-to-talk/)

Preparing to Fire Up a 90-Year-Old Boiler After Half a Century
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Continuing the restoration of the #1 Lancashire boiler at the Claymills Pumping Station in the UK, the volunteers are putting on the final touches after previously passing the boiler inspection. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/17/preparing-to-fire-up-a-90-year-old-boiler-after-half-a-century/)

Testing a Soviet 1000 Volt Insulation Tester from 1985
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Although the term ‘Iron Curtain’ from the Cold War brings to mind something like the Berlin Wall and its forbidding No Man’s Land, there was still active trade between the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/17/testing-a-soviet-1000-volt-insulation-tester-from-1985/)

Zip-Drive Emulator Puts Big Disks Back on LPT
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Iomega’s Zip drives filled an interesting niche back in the 1990s. A magnetic disk that was physically floppy-sized, but much larger in capacity– starting at 100 MB, and reaching 750 …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/17/zip-drive-emulator-puts-big-disks-back-on-lpt/)

How to Grow Large Sugar Crystals
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Many substances display crystallization, allowing them to keep adding to a basic shape to reach pretty humongous proportions. Although we usually tend to think of pretty stones that get fashioned …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/17/how-to-grow-large-sugar-crystals/)