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The Mileseey XTAPE1

A few months back I gave a pretty glowing review of the Mileseey S50. Shortly after, they sent over their latest contraption, the $240 XTAPE1. I was supposed to get this write-up done months ago, but life did what life does and kicked the can down the road. Silver lining though, I’ve had a lot more time to live with the thing. So… what do I think? If there’s one thing that matters above all else with any measuring device, it’s trust. If you don’t trust it, it doesn’t matter how many features it has, your work is going to …

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Featured Spaces

Laura Kampf

I’ve been following Laura Kampf for close to a decade now, and there’s just something about the way she works that hits home. The style, the aesthetic, the willingness to jump between disciplines without overthinking it, she’s the definition of a true maker of things. Over the last couple of years she’s moved from Germany and is now in the middle of setting up a new shop in LA. Somewhere in the chaos of that, she picked up a $1 camper and decided to turn it into a backyard ADU of sorts… It’s exactly the kind of project I daydream …

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Reviews & Features

Knipex Electrician’s Shears

I wandered into a friend’s shop today, a man deep in the guts of some vintage travel trailer, chasing wires through wall cavities like a man possessed. Electricity is pure voodoo to me, so I kept my distance and watched him wrestle a high-tech inverter, a bank of solar panels, and various other contraptions that demanded cable so thick it looked like it belonged on a suspension bridge. Then I noticed the shears. Tiny, almost dainty little Knipex bastards, barely bigger than what your grandmother uses at her sewing machine. The man was running them through wire after wire, fat …

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News & Editorial

Amalgam Model Aging

I’m not a model guy really. Tiny cars, tiny tools, tiny little paint brushes… I appreciate the craft, but don’t have much interest in the final product. And this probably isn’t even in our lane since the video barely gets into the nuts and bolts of how the thing is built. But the early 911R? That car has lived in my bloodstream for years. I once built a clone and promptly balled it up like a reckless animal with more enthusiasm than talent. So yeah… I’ve got a soft spot. And then there’s Type 7. Those maniacs don’t just make …

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The Bauhaus Garage

Okay… so maybe it’s not bauhaus. Maybe it’s more akin to mid-century modern. Either way, it’s perfect. Add to that, a Porsche 964 and a BMW 2002… Well, what more could you ask for? This is one of those gallery threads I’ve been quietly following for years. One of the very few that makes me stop whatever pointless task I’m in the middle of, sit down at a proper computer, and actually click the notification the second it pops up. And that got me thinking—if it gets under my skin like that, it probably deserves a little more attention. Some …

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