I used a few offcuts to add some new woodworking tools: Plane Stop I bolted a length of the construction timber to my bench with some “star nuts” and spare M10 carriage bolts. The idea is you put one end of the thing you’re planing against it so it can’t move. Japanese Sawhorses More offcutsContinue reading “Two Wee Woodworking Tools”
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Restoring a Table
I’ve been watching a lot of restoration on Youtube recently: AT Restoration, Hand Tool Rescue to name a couple. I thought I’d give it a go: there’s an old side table that’s been in the family for ages: at some point it seems to have been slightly incompetently covered with thick white gloss paint, butContinue reading “Restoring a Table”
Another of my Vices
If I’m going to do woodwork, it made sense to install a woodworking vice. I did some research, and found you could buy relatively cheap vices of modern manufacture, which, or you could try and buy an older vice from ebay, which are apparently “better”. I tried bidding on a few, but I was franklyContinue reading “Another of my Vices”
Making a Moxon Vice
I had some spare C24 construction timber left over, so I decided to make a Moxon “dual screw” vice. This clamps to your workbench and overhangs it, and lets you do certain fiddly jobs. When its not in use, its easily stored in a corner: I had the spare wood, so why not? Materials ItContinue reading “Making a Moxon Vice”
Custom Shelves
Now that I had built a workbench, it was time for some shelves! This is the cupboard under the stairs; originally it was a big dingy, but I’ve painted it to make it a lot brighter and nicer. Why the dangly cables? That’s from the house patch panel and core network switch of course! 😀Continue reading “Custom Shelves”
Workbench Build
Been quiet on here for a while: I’ve been moving house! I’ve now got proper space for projects; I even have a studio/cabin/workshop (just don’t call it a shed!) now. First things first though, I needed to build a workbench. Design OK, time to hit Fusion 360: Workbench v1 looked like this: … which wasContinue reading “Workbench Build”
Enamelling Experiments
I’ve been having a busy time in general recently, but I’ve finally got back to making things. I’ve been meaning to play with enamelling for a while. I ordered some WG Ball transparent enamelling powders (clear+red+blue) a while back to play with. The firing process is pretty quick: 800-810C for about 3 minutes. Of course,Continue reading “Enamelling Experiments”
Home Made Holograms!
I somehow stumbled onto this website; they sell DIY hologram kits! So I ordered one. I’d always assumed making a hologram would be quite complicated, but it turns out it really isn’t. You basically need a laser and a photographic plate sensitive to the light from the laser. It is hard to master and getContinue reading “Home Made Holograms!”
Making a Pinecil case
I got one of these nifty wee Pinecil USB-C soldering irons for Christmas They’re really quite cool: temperature controlled by an embedded RISC V processor, USB-C powered (using modern high power supplies). I even got some extra pointy tips for it: This left a problem: what do I store them in? The boxes they arrivedContinue reading “Making a Pinecil case”
Building a Drawing Machine
I quite fancied one of these AxiDraw drawing machines, but at the price they go for, I couldn’t really justify it. However, I did some looking around and found this home-made version: I can definitely justify making one myself. I already had a Keyestudio CH340 Arduino Nano clone and Keyestudio CNC shield v4 in theContinue reading “Building a Drawing Machine”
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