We’ve all been there: faced with a tedious job that could be knocked out manually with a modest investment of time, we choose instead to overcomplicate the task and build something to do it for us.

The team at [2PrintBeta] required a bunch of cables, heat shrink, and braid to be cut for their customers. They looked into an industrial cable cutter, but decided the price was a little too high, so ...

A recent report highlighted China’s latest invention: a sea cable cutter capable of operating at depths of up to 4,000 meters (13,123 feet). It is designed for both manned and unmanned submarines.

The cable machine you see at gyms, with its pins, pulleys, and attachments, can seem a bit intimidating. But, in reality, swapping handles and adjusting settings is actually easier than changing ...