A few plain statements about what membership on this page means, what it does not, and how the notes you send in are handled. Read these before you write, so nothing gets misread later.
There is no sign-up, no login and no dashboard behind this page. When we say member, we mean a reader who contributes: a build log, a clamp photo, a question that ends up answered in the comments. Nothing is stored against your name and nothing is gated.
Reading and contributing cost nothing. There is no premium section, no supporter plan and no recurring charge of any kind. If a page ever asks you for payment on this site, it is not ours.
The only form on this site sits on the contact page. It passes your message to the site handler and nothing more. It does not create a comment, a saved draft, a booking or a file upload, and it does not put you on a mailing list.
After you send the form you land on a thanks page. That page confirms the handler received the message technically. It does not mean an editor has read it, that it reached an inbox, or that a reply is already scheduled.
Contributors are hobbyist makers plus one retired toolmaker. The toolmaker reads the tolerance and jig pieces before they go up. That is the whole review process. There is no editorial board and no outside fact-checking desk.
If a measurement in a post is wrong, say so and we will correct it in the piece rather than quietly deleting the line. Questions sent in are treated as material for future notes, not as private correspondence with a support team.
These points exist to remove ambiguity, not to add rules. If something here still reads two ways, that is worth telling us about.
Pieces that pick up where this page leaves off. Written by the same small roster of hobbyists and one retired toolmaker, checked before they go up.
Tool selection
Swing, spindle travel and the numbers that decide whether a small drill press is usable or just occupies bench space.
Read the notesReference
What plus-minus figures actually permit once the part leaves the drawing and lands on your bench.
Read the notesJigs and fixtures
Crosscut sleds, stop blocks and featherboards that held up after months of real use, plus the failure points.
Read the notesContributors send in build logs from garage benches and two-person jobbing shops. If a piece here answers a question you had, the next one probably will too.