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The entire row of actinides is "grabbing and squeezing" tools, except at the end where I have "unsqueezing" tools (spreaders and jacks, which are spreaders to separate things from …

> But on the other hand, like, why not solder at 82 (Lead)? Two reasons: (1) solder largely doesn't contain lead anymore. It's been completely banned from plumbing solder in most c…

No, no, it's one of the most essential of all tools! If I had to recreate civilization, I would start with antibiotics and vise-grip pliers. I mean, what are you going to use if yo…

Unfortunately fixed gauges (feeler gauges, spark gap tools, profile gauges, wire gauge tools, bolt sizers, etc) didn't make it into any of the top-level categories, so they are lum…

Allow me to introduce you to uterine tenaculum forceps: https://periodictableoftools.com/Items/T0472.html

Judging from this thread it sounds like most people think I'm an idiot, and/or didn't even try to organize the tools.... Perhaps my organizational principles are just too subtle. W…

The beautiful thing about art vs. science is that you get to be arbitrary if you like... The main reason there is a separate category for fancy hammers is that I needed a page in t…

There's a slide hammer in the book and on the website, just not in the poster. I wanted to include a bit of humor, sorry.

I wanted to include them. Believe me, I wanted to! My publisher felt strongly that I should not stretch the definition of tools into metaphor. Beds are tools: they help you sleep b…

I put screwdrivers bits at the top of the drivers column specifically because I think that photo is hilarious and I want to make it as prominent as possible. This is why 3D printer…

See my long comment in this thread: I categorically reject the notion that there isn't any order to my arrangement of tools. It's actually quite detailed in how it follows the chem…

For what it's worth, I had absolutely nothing to do with the post: I didn't make it or encourage anyone to make it. I just noticed a sharp uptick in sales earlier today. Which I lo…

OK, you've made the first criticism I actually agree with! Bung hole augers do belong with reamers, not with augers. In my defense, they are called bung hole augers, and all the on…

(a) screwdriver bits come above screwdrivers for one simple reason: the mouth bit holder is hilarious and I wanted to put it at the top of the column. (b) column 2 is things you ca…

I do actually have a small museum in my studio... but it's rather small and informal. You can see some of it in this interview: https://kk.org/cooltools/theodore-gray-co-founder-of…

Please see my long rant on this subject. There is quite a lot of periodic table structure....

So you can in fact hang it in your shop, I'd like to mention this link for buying my periodic table of tools poster: https://home.theodoregray.com/printed-products

Amazingly this is an actual product you can buy.

https://www.meta-synthesis.com/webbook/35_pt/pt_database.php

Oh, yes, you found another place where I had to make an arbitrary placement. Air pressure tools just did not fit anywhere else, so I slapped them there in transition metals, which …

You complain that wrenches and drills are spread over several columns? Look at a periodic table please! The diagonal line splitting wrenches from drills is precisely the diagonal l…

Hoo boy that's a long and complicated question. I think there might actually be an option you can set on cell groups, or perhaps at the notebook level, to force re-evaluation of ev…

See my long comment on another comment in this thread. I both thought of some of the key ideas, and implemented them.

It's a fair claim if you make it for Wolfram Research rather than Stephen Wolfram personally (which is all he ever does). Jupyter notebooks were inspired by Mathematica notebooks: …