In 1938, Ralph Hull founded a mill in the rural Oregon Coast Mountains. Lacking enough current to even light the workshop, Hull used steam power to supplement his energy needs. And today the mill still does — as the last steam-powered commercial sawmill on the continent. More »
Sawing off a cast is totes normal… if you’re a doctor. Sawing off a cast when you’re not a doctor? Not at all recommended. So why oh why, Lawrence Roberts, did you saw off your son’s cast? He’s missing fingers now! More »
Tech puts us in a state of awe all the time. Sometimes it’s the little things. The transistors. The immaculate pixels. The gorgeous lens. And then sometimes it’s a huge goddamn saw in Kazakhstan that obliterates everything in its path. More »
Here’s a weekend DIY idea if you have six 16-inch Makita circular saws lying around: build a dragster, use them as your engine, and enter the Power Tool Drag Racing Competition. That’s exactly what Barry Lee, in the photo, did. More »
I hereby declare the Pizza Pro 3000 Circular Saw as the best invention ever developed by humans, aliens, or pant-wearing dolphins. Liz Goulet Dubois, you are a genius, you.
