Archive for August, 2009
Nice bit of knurling
I’ve told a few people that I’m making a knurling tool and some of them look at me with a puzzled expression and ask what knurling is. I’ve been trying to find a good example of this and have noticed
Posted in: Uncategorised
Tags: Czech and Speake, knurling, Lavatory Roll Holder
Pinball Machine Makers
The paper on Friday reported of a man making a Bill Paxton themed pinball machine. I’ve always liked pinball machines and wondered at their electromechanical marvels but given the complexity I’ve never seriously planned to make one. However, it turns
Posted in: Uncategorised
Tags: electro mechanics, pinball
Knurling Tool Work in Progress
Some pics of the knurling tool in various stages of being built. The next steps are to saw the other two slots and then machine or file the slots square. I think that I should be able to mill the
Posted in: Knurling Tool, Machining
Tags: knurling
Countersinking
For the knurling tool I’m making I decided to attach a couple of the parts together with some countersunk screws. This raised the question of how do I ensure I’ve drilled it the right size? Conveniently in the UK the
Posted in: Knurling Tool
Tags: countersink, Drill
Drilling Tips
I had to drill some steel plate yesterday and even though I was using a vice and pillar drill (drillpress) the drill started to wander as it was a little bendy. This happened twice, once on a through hole and
Posted in: Drilling
Tags: centre Drill, Tips
The master becomes the student
Since I was a lad my Dad has been repairing and rebuilding wooden boats. Hence whenever I have any questions on wood (or rope), I give him a ring for his advice. In the last few years he’s moved from
Posted in: Uncategorised
Materials: Stainless Steel
Tags: Drill bits, Metal Work
CNC Rotary Indexer from Sherline
Thanks to Robot Magazine I’ve found out about the Sherline CNC Rotary Indexer Part No. 8700. The advantages of attaching a stepper motor and control box to your rotary table is that you don’t need to deal with the mathematics,
Posted in: CNC, Machining
Tags: DivisionMaster, Sherline
Project Links
A collection of projects to make with the lathe or mill Duncan Munro’s Metal Pages has a variety of projects from furnaces to workshop furniture to advanced projects such as a gear hobber or a dividing head. Astronomer and model
Posted in: Lathe, Projects, Workshop Furniture
Tags: adjustment, Tools
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
