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Practical advice on custom machining, materials and restoration work, straight from the shop floor.

Kitchen, chef, Japanese and serrated knives sharpened on a slow, water-cooled whetstone at our Erina workshop. From $12 per knife, by appointment.

Five axes instead of three, a swivel rotary table, and why machining a part in one setup means tighter tolerances and a cleaner finish.

316 versus 304, where generic marine fittings fail, and why the finish matters as much as the grade when chlorides are involved.

The part no longer exists, but it existed once. How we reverse-engineer and remake discontinued parts from a worn or broken original.

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