machining

Can You Machine A Useful Steam Engine In A Home Shop?

Can You Machine A Useful Steam Engine In A Home Shop?

Quinn from BlondieHacks has just started a very interesting new project. She’s going to build a steam engine in her home shop. I don’t mean one of those tiny little desk toys, an actual functional (somewhat small) steam engine! This machine comes as a kit, but it isn’t the type of kit you may be […]

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Busting Metalworking Myths: Is It OK To Drag Your File?

Busting Metalworking Myths: Is It OK To Drag Your File?

If there is a more opinionated group of makers than machinists and metalworkers, I’d be surprised. One common point of argument is when it comes to filing things. You see it in YouTube comments and even in person quite frequently. Someone goes to knock an edge off with a file, dragging both directions, and someone […]

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Making a Bench Vise/Clamp Thingy with This Old Tony

Making a Bench Vise/Clamp Thingy with This Old Tony

Machine shop wiz, This Old Tony, fashions a beautiful little hand vise/bench clamp out of steel stock.

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Behold the Intricate Beauty of the Rose Engine

Behold the Intricate Beauty of the Rose Engine

Last year, Caleb Kraft visited Maker Faire Paris and had a wonderful time. One of the exhibits that really caught his eye was the rose engine display.

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Weekend Watch: Meticulously Machining an Entire Clock from Brass with Clickspring

Weekend Watch: Meticulously Machining an Entire Clock from Brass with Clickspring

The Clickspring YouTube channel has been redefining what a machining channel can be and focuses on a single amazing clock project (with a new project starting soon)

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