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How It’s Made: A Wooden Reciprocating Rack and Pinion

How It’s Made: A Wooden Reciprocating Rack and Pinion

What is a reciprocating rack and pinion? It’s a geared mechanism that turns rotary movement into linear movement.

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A Wooden Menagerie: 365 Days of Scroll Sawn Animals

A Wooden Menagerie: 365 Days of Scroll Sawn Animals

Artist Kyle Krauskopf is nearing the end of his 365-day project. His goal? To carve out a new animal every day on his trusty scroll saw.

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Handmade Wooden Wall Clock Keeps Surprisingly Good Time

Handmade Wooden Wall Clock Keeps Surprisingly Good Time

While cleaning out an old laptop’s filesystem back in October, David West discovered a few videos he took of a mechanical clock atop the South Ward Meeting Hall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Years before his digital find, he worked in that very building and became so interested by the clock’s movement that he recorded several […]

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How-To: Turn a Sewing Machine into a Scroll Saw

How-To: Turn a Sewing Machine into a Scroll Saw

If you’ve got an extra sewing machine, but you need a functional scroll saw, then you can thank Instructables user SDX42 for this clever tutorial to make a sewing machine into a a scroll saw!

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