Detroit Tool Library Episodes

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AI illustration of a woodturning lathe with a square bubinga bowl blank, shavings, and oil-and-wax finish on a workshop bench

, Ask This Old House Season 23 Episode 15: 3D Printed Homes, a Detroit Tool Library, and Tom's Square Bowl, or Concrete Does Not Care About Your Stick-Built Schedule

September 11, 2025 • 8 min read

Ross Trethewey tours a 4,000-square-foot Austin house being printed in concrete, Aaron Smith shows how a Detroit tool library and garden build neighborhood capacity, and Tom Silva turns a square bubinga bowl with four legs on a new lathe. Three completely different jobs, one shared requirement: you can't skip the layer underneath.