HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, OHIO (July 6, 2:25 p.m. ET) — Pipe Coil Technology Inc. has fully taken over manufacturing of machinery for North America from its U.K.-based parent company. The Highland Heights, ...

We’ve grown to expect seeing mechatronics project incorporate a standard complement of components, things like stepper motors, Arduinos, lead screws, timing belts and pulleys, and aluminum extrusions.

[Lou’s] latest tutorial details the process of turning an electric stapler into a coil gun. The stapler is the expensive part, but the rest is pretty simple. He used PVC pipe and a handful of fittings ...