My dad and the radial arm saw

What my father, a home woodworker who loved his tools, would have made of agentic AI

The article was written by a blend of Peter Kaminski, Claude Code Opus 4.6, and ChatGPT 5.2. This article was published in Make: V97.

Peter’s dad and his ham radio CW transmitter in the 1950s when he was in the U.S. Army Signal Corp.

I’m drafting this in bed, propped up next to an end table my father built.

Solid oak, beautifully stained and polished, sup…