STRATFORD, Ct. – Larry Farrell has done it all. He’s worked in transportation technology, video production, electronics, architecture and construction, mechanical and engineering with CAD-based design ...

The idea of winding inductive guitar pickups by hand is almost unthinkable. It uses extremely thin wire and is a repetitive, laborious process that nevertheless requires a certain amount of precision.

Matthew Kitchel, a sophomore at Lake Forest High School, points to the neck of an electric guitar he built in a new class at Lake Forest High School. “I finished it in mid-December,” Matthew said ...

Most people in the woodworking industry seem to buy into the idea that automation is a one-way street. Once you add automated processes like CNC machines, there’s no going back to hand processes. But ...