Tools

Making or customising tools is a great way to test your making skills and produces something useful that you can then use to make or repair more.

Drill reassembly

Drill reassembly

To get the router jig finished I need to drill and tap some holes. So it was about time I got the pillar drill re-assembled.

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Axe Cosy

Axe Cosy

Our little hatchet normally hangs on a hook in the Workshopshed. But I wanted to transport it so felt that the blade need a bit of protection and us from it. I had some leather left over from a previous

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Cross vice riser block

Cross vice riser block

Quite a few years back I looked at an Axminster Cross Vice. One of the biggest issues was the vertical height. It gave very little clearance when placed on the drill table and then too much clearance when placed on

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Drum and base

Stepper motor and drum

To do some testing on a Stepper Motor evaluation kit from Trinamic, I’ve been building a test rig. The idea is that the motor will drive a slider and I’ll check the position of that to determine the repeatability of

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Making a security screw driver

Making a security screw driver

I’ve an old Maplin AA battery charger that although it works well has been dropped a few times and the case got damaged. I don’t really want to use it in that state so I thought I’d take it apart

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