I've done professional etching, so when I heard about salt water etching using a few things that you have laying around your room, I was a bit skeptical that you could actually get decent results. I...
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I bought a little minilathe about 4 years ago, and whether or not they're worth buying is always a heated debate on the internet. You'll see the flamboyant haters, the definite "maybe" group, and the...
Today, there are some really amazing tools that the pros use for bending pipes and tubes. Computer controlled tube benders can pump out complicated exhaust pipes faster than you can say "I would like...
At one shop that I worked at, we'd regularly send things out to be heat treated, anodized, zinc-plated, galvanized, you name it. If you wanted anything done for a personal project, just put it on the...
When I built my first router in my dad's garage, I was really excited to make all kinds of things with plastic and aluminum. I went to school for machining, and I worked in shops with some pretty...
Aluminum angle is such a good material for projects. It's durable and easy to work with. You can use it for framing, or just cut it up into little pieces and drill it for brackets or supports. So...