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Franz Makes

Workshop builds, project documentation, and practical experiments from a small Austrian shop where hand tools, power tools, and a soldering iron all live on the same bench.

  • Woodworking


    Detailed build logs of workshop furniture, cabinets, and jigs. Real measurements, honest mistakes, and the occasional useful trick.

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  • Tools


    Small shop calculators and references for planning cuts, templates, clearances, and hardware.

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  • The Workshop


    A tour of the space, the tools that earn their keep, and how everything is set up.

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Current build

Router Table - in progress

A router table built around a Sauter HPL top, a Suhner motor, and Blum Movento drawer slides. The build covers cabinet construction, dust collection, drawer-based storage, wiring, and the setup details that matter after the first test cuts.

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What is here

The videos show the work in motion. This site captures the details: dimensions, hardware part numbers, mistakes made, and what I would do differently next time. Everything here is meant to be useful in a real shop.