How the sheets are made
An independent atlas only makes sense if you understand how it's built. Here we explain where the data comes from, where automation's work ends and a person's begins.
MakerSpecs è curato da juppiter78, maker italiano che documenta progetti CNC e laser dal 2012. Niente redazione anonima, niente affiliati nascosti, niente AI farm — schede verificate una per una. Se trovi un errore, scrivimi: rispondo io.
The data comes from the source, not from us
Technical specifications are extracted from the manufacturer's official website with deterministic, versioned tools, and show the recording date. We don't rewrite from memory: we read the source. If a value can't be verified, it stays empty — a missing field is better than a made-up number.
Do we use AI? Yes, to write better
It helps us draft and translate the sheets' texts and catch mistakes. The numbers, no: they always come from the cited source, and in review we remove any sentence the data does not support. Comparisons between two machines are composed automatically from the sheets, and say so at the top of the page.
A single, real byline
Behind the sheets there's no generic "editorial team": there's a real person, with a verifiable history — the BoxedCNC blog since 2012 and mentions on Hackaday. When contributors join, each will have a name, an honest bio and a verifiable external profile. Never fake bylines to fake an editorial team.
Data and opinions stay separate
A technical value always has a source. An editorial judgment — strengths, caveats, who a machine suits — is stated as such. We avoid brochure adjectives ("revolutionary", "best-in-class"): if something is good, you can see it from the numbers and the context.
Tiers are based on the real cost
The use tier (from F1 entry to F5 industrial) doesn't look at the bait price of the "machine body only", but the cost to actually put it to work: base plus essential accessories. A cheap but incomplete out-of-the-box machine doesn't move up a tier just because it costs little.
Prices have a date
The prices shown are list prices, with the recording date, and are reviewed at least every three months. When something relevant changes — a market withdrawal, a silent spec change, a safety issue — we flag it directly in the sheet.
How we sustain ourselves
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