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Commerce · October 15, 2020

Workbench – DIY Home Shop

During my undergrad in architecture, one of the things that most excited me was the opportunity to work in a fabrication shop. At the time, my school had a modest metal shop and a slightly more expansive wood shop. They also provided students with two 3-axis CNTMotion CNC mills— each with a 5x10' be

Workbench – DIY Home Shop launched on October 15, 2020 with 6 votes, #1,377 of 4,018 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

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During my undergrad in architecture, one of the things that most excited me was the opportunity to work in a fabrication shop. At the time, my school had a modest metal shop and a slightly more expansive wood shop. They also provided students with two 3-axis CNTMotion CNC mills— each with a 5x10' bed. I've used these machines professionally as well, and (while they cost as much as a new Porsche) t

During my un­der­grad in ar­chi­tec­ture, one of the things that most ex­cited me was the op­por­tu­nity to work in a fab­ri­ca­tion shop. At the time, my school had a modest metal shop and a slightly more ex­pan­sive wood shop. They also pro­vided stu­dents with two 3-axis CNT­Mo­tion CNC mills— each with a 5x10' bed. I've used these ma­chines pro­fes­sion­ally as well, and (while they cost as much as a new Porsche) they're re­ally well-built tools. In the first Mi­cro­fac­tory post, I de­scribed my scant ex­pe­ri­ences with fab­ri­ca­tion— usu­ally in the garage with my dad and some power-tools. So, having more pro­fes­sional means and de­vices made the school's shop feel like a…from l-o-o-s-e-d.net

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