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CNC Routers

No Need To Buy A Woodchipper – Build One!

Polish YouTuber WorkshopFromScratch finally got fed up with tripping over piles of garden detritus and decided to have a go at bui...

Aug 8, 2023 · 2 min read
CNC Turning

Hackaday Prize 2023: Machining Metals with Sparks

Working with metals can present a lot of unique challenges even for those with a fairly well-equipped shop. Metals like aluminum a...

Aug 8, 2023 · 3 min read
CNC Milling

Is That A Typewriter In Your Pocket Or Are You Just Pleased To See Me?

[Attoparsec] wondered what if you could carry a typewriter in your pocket, then followed through with that and built one. (Video, ...

Dec 2, 2022 · 2 min read
CNC Milling

Pulling A Chainsaw With Gravity

[Flowering Elbow] had a large ash log that needed to be milled. He had his chainsaw and shared an excellent technique for an easie...

Jul 8, 2022 · 3 min read
CNC Milling

A Solar Frame From Scratch

“From scratch” is a bit of a murky expression. How scratchy does it get? Are you just baking your bread yourself or are you growin...

Jun 6, 2022 · 3 min read
CNC Milling

Improving a Mini-Lathe with a Few Clever Hacks

Like many budget machinists, the delightfully optimistically named [We Can Do That Better] had trouble with some of the finer cont...

Nov 14, 2021 · 3 min read
CNC Milling

Hack a Folding Bike to Help You Catch Some Pike

For many of us, this whole pandemic thing has produced some unexpected upsides. One of [George Turvey]’s was finding a nice new sc...

Aug 3, 2020 · 2 min read