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Independent reviews and comparisons of power tools, hand tools and woodworking gear, tested against the jobs they are actually bought for.
Three machines that genuinely cut fabric: Cricut Maker for appliqué and shapes, Brother ScanNCut for fussy cutting and quilt pieces, and AccuQuilt for cutting in bulk.
Four first embroidery machines, including two sewing-and-embroidery combos: the default, the embroidery-only one, the 5x7 one, and the app-driven one.
Three machines that genuinely cut fabric: Cricut Maker for appliqué and shapes, Brother ScanNCut for fussy cutting and quilt pieces, and AccuQuilt for cutting in bulk.
Four first embroidery machines, including two sewing-and-embroidery combos: the default, the embroidery-only one, the 5x7 one, and the app-driven one.
Three sergers for home sewing: the budget default, the faster step up, and the one that threads itself with air. When a serger is worth it, and when it is not.
A 10.1-inch 14K resin printer with a heated vat and automatic resin refill. What the automation saves, and the cleaning it adds.
The A1's self-calibration on a 180 mm bed. When the smaller printer is the right call, and when its bed is the thing you will outgrow first.
A full-size, fully self-calibrating open printer that most beginners can run on day one. Where it beats an enclosed machine, and the recall history worth knowing.
An enclosed CoreXY printer for ABS, ASA and the filaments an open bed cannot handle. What the enclosure buys you, and the rough edges Bambu left on it.
Colwood's single-pen wire-nib burner, made since 1979. Why a wire nib changes how pyrography feels, and when to step up to the dual-pen Super Pro II.
Colwood's dual-pen wire-nib burner. Why two pens on one unit speeds up real pyrography work, and when the single-pen Detailer is enough.