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A first look at a homemade, open-source MPCNC carving machine.

Testing what that mystery coil in a treadmill-motor speed controller actually does.

Turning a scavenged treadmill motor and speed controller into a variable-speed power tool drive.

A tiny, homemade three-sided awl that doubles as a hand drill for small holes.

Taking on a speed-turning challenge: a pen made in under seven minutes with just a skew chisel.

A wall-mounted award shelf built from a single board, with over twenty shop-turned pegs.

A quick tip for drilling large, clean holes with Forstner bits without bogging down the drill.

Building pop-up bench dogs from a cheap cabinet latch mechanism and a shop-turned dowel.

A rough-but-usable review of Harbor Freight's under-$15 #4 hand plane, after some cleanup work.

Using homemade micarta to replace the handles on two old kitchen knives.