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Working with metals can present a lot of unique challenges even for those with a fairly well-equipped shop. Metals like aluminum and some types of steel can be cut readily …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2023: Machining Metals with Sparks
If you’ve ever looked into CNC cutting tools, you’ve probably heard the term “feeds and speeds”. It refers to choosing the speed at which to spin the cutting tool, and …read more Continue reading CNC Feeds and Speeds, Explained as a First-Timer
Hobbyist-grade laser cutters can be a little restrictive as to the types and thicknesses of materials that they can cut. We’re usually talking about CO2 and diode-based machines here, and …read more Continue reading Cutting Metals With a Diode Laser?
Interfacing technology and electronics with the real world is often fairly tricky. Complexity and edge cases work their way in to every corner of a project like this; just ask …read more Continue reading Autonomous Mower Hits Snag
If we’re being honest, the main reason to buy a power tool is to avoid the pain of using one’s muscles. Oh sure, we dress it up with claims that …read more Continue reading Fail of the Week: A Bigger Hacksaw Isn’t a Better Hacksaw
For one-off projects or prototypes it’s not uncommon for us to make do with whatever workspace we have on hand. Using a deck railing as an impromptu sawhorse, for example, …read more Continue reading Keep The Sparks Away With a Plasma Cutting Table
No matter what you do or say on the Internet, you’re always doing it wrong. Keyboard commandos are ready to pounce and tell you how it’s “ackchyually” supposed to be …read more Continue reading Science vs Internet Trolls: Testing Another Kind of File System
If you’ve watched as many machining videos as we have, no doubt you’ve seen someone commit the cardinal sin of metalworking: using caliper jaws to scratch a mark into metal. …read more Continue reading Printable Caliper Jaws Increase Precision, Deflect Derision
It’s perhaps unsurprising that we don’t see much in the way of woodworking here at Hackaday; after all, this is a plastics and metal community if there ever was one. …read more Continue reading How to Get Good With Wood
Felling a tree properly is a skill that takes some practice to master, especially without causing any injuries or property damage. Getting the tree cut down though is sometimes only …read more Continue reading Building a Stump Grinder from the Ground Up