The author of this article has successfully created their own fax machine using Tessel, JavaScript, and Twilio. The fax machine consists of a Tessel board, a thermal printer, a power supply, jumper wires, and a case to hold everything together. The Tessel is connected to the thermal printer via serial communication, and the printer sends the faxes received by Twilio to the Tessel for printing. The article covers the process of setting up the hardware, creating a Node.js project to handle the fax machine's functionality, and deploying it on a local server using ngrok. The fax machine is then programmed to periodically request new faxes from Twilio and print them out. To test the setup, a file called send-fax.js is created to send a fax using Twilio, and the author invites readers to try sending faxes to their number to test the system.