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Laser Cuttin’ at the Milwaukee Makerspace. Photo by Pete Prodoehl.
This guest post comes from Pete Prodoehl, a member of the Milwaukee Makerspace. When he’s not making things, Prodoehl runs the second oldest blog on the internet.
When I was growing up, my grandfather had an amazing basement workshop. It was filled with all sorts of hand tools, power tools, jars full of nuts and bolts, plenty of wood, and a giant workbench that could fit multiple projects. My father also had a nice workshop, slightly smaller, but still filled with plenty of tools to get the job done. Besides fixing things around the house, he built furniture and crafted some great-looking wooden cases. He had taken some night classes in woodworking when he was younger and throughout the…
