I found myself entranced by a video several weeks ago. Shoyan, a master carpenter who lives in Japan, chronicled the construction of a simple residential house that was a mix of Japanese construction ...

There’s no reason to use a hacksaw in a modern farm shop. Cutting metal on a farm often used to involve either an oxy-acetylene torch, a hacksaw or tin snips. If a shop was “high-tech,” it might have ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There are few cutting implements with as much utility as a good oscillating multi-tool. It probably isn't going to be the first power tool you ...

An oscillating multi-tool can be very useful when replacing ceilings, from the demolition process all the way to applying the ...

If you don't have a lot of experience using a circular saw, cutting a straight line can be harder than it looks. Here are ...

A system developed at Switzerland’s École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) uses augmented reality (AR) to help make extremely precise timber cuts without having to measure or mark up beams.

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