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Maker-for-hire Kevin Binkert shows us around his San Francisco workshop.
From the column Workshop
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Binkert in his shop atop a ginormous drill press.
(photo by Robyn Twomey)
His Flame Tornado spits out a 40 foot-tall vortex of fire.
(photo by Michael Schindler)
Binkert made a slew of gorter valves used as hydrant regulators for San Francisco Fire Department ladder trucks.
(photo by Sam Murphy)
Riding his two-ton crane.
(photo by Robyn Twomey)
Gazing into the beauty of a Mori Seiki CNC lathe.
(photo by Robyn Twomey)
Binkert fabricated this prototype for a medical tumor burning gun that uses RF to cut and microwave to cook the growth.
(photo by Sam Murphy)
He machined this stainless steam valve body for a brewery.
(photo by Sam Murphy)
Binkert, twenty stories up, during his Oakland Tribune Tower Clock restoration.
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