Watch a man named Ozzie make rope using a very simple hand-cranked machine. The real magic happens starting at about the ...

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The Francis! Francis! X1 espresso machine in its assembled state. (Credit: Samuel Leeuwenburg) Recently, [Samuel Leeuwenburg] got his paws on a Francis! Francis! X1 (yes, that’s the name) espresso ...

In an age when you can get just about anything online, it's probably no surprise that you can buy a diamond-making machine for $200,000 on Chinese eCommerce site Alibaba. If, like me, you haven't been ...