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7 Things to Consider Before Hiring a Machine Shop

Nick Walker

By Nick Walker

Nick Walker

Nick is an Internet Marketing Specialist at Micro Logic, parent company of eMachineShop and Pad2Pad. Nick's interests include creative problem solving, automotive technology, environmental preservation, and spending time "chillin' out max and relaxing all cool" with his wife and daughter.

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So you’ve designed the crucial part to your next big project and it’s time to send it to your local machine shop…

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It Took 4 Years to Build This Detailed, Posable Terminator Replica

It Took 4 Years to Build This Detailed, Posable Terminator Replica

Jamie Staff

By Jamie Staff

Jamie Staff

(AKA Jaz) lives in Newcastle, Australia. I'm a 47 year old self-employed mad inventor and while I hold no official qualifications, over the last 20 or so years, I've pretty much taught myself everything that has taken my interest, from magic to metallurgy and everything in between. My dream has always been to get to the stage where I can be making and doing the work I love.

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This Terminator T800 replica is life-sized, posable, and meticulously crafted. It took creator Jamie Staff 4 years to complete.

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Watch This Transfixing Benchtop Gyroscope Build — Part Two

Watch This Transfixing Benchtop Gyroscope Build — Part Two

Chris from Clickspring

By Chris from Clickspring

Chris from Clickspring

Hi I'm Chris, and I make home machine shop project videos for my YouTube channel Clickspring. I have a passion for making useful things with my benchtop lathe and mill, and I hope that the projects I share with you will inspire you to make some cool things in your shop too.

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In this concluding episode of the gyroscope build, I show you how to finish off the remaining parts, and then put it all together for a run.

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Watch This Transfixing Benchtop Gyroscope Build

Watch This Transfixing Benchtop Gyroscope Build

Chris from Clickspring

By Chris from Clickspring

Chris from Clickspring

Hi I'm Chris, and I make home machine shop project videos for my YouTube channel Clickspring. I have a passion for making useful things with my benchtop lathe and mill, and I hope that the projects I share with you will inspire you to make some cool things in your shop too.

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Gyroscopes really are amazing devices, and as a home machine shop project, they really don’t come much better than this.

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This Futuristic Hunk of Machined Aluminum Is a Functional Slingshot

This Futuristic Hunk of Machined Aluminum Is a Functional Slingshot

By Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy is an engineer with 10 years experience at his full-time profession, and has a BSME from Clemson University. Outside of work he’s an avid maker and experimenter, building anything that comes into his mind!

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You can pick up a normal slingshot online or at a sporting goods store for around $10. However, this Maker decided to machine his own.

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A 5 Axis CNC Mill for Less Than ,000

A 5 Axis CNC Mill for Less Than $5,000

By Matt Stultz

Matt Stultz

Matt is a community organizer and founder of 3DPPVD, Ocean State Maker Mill, and HackPittsburgh. He is Make's digital fabrication and reviews editor.

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Every time I come back from a Maker Faire someone asks me what my favorite thing was that I saw there. At World Maker Faire 2013, that was an easy question to answer, the Pocket NC 5 Axis CNC. The possibilities of what could be made with a desktop 5 axis CNC mill are enough […]

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