Guest
The Manufacturing Rotary Table ‘vs’ Their Shed Based Cousins
Thanks to Martin Power and Robert from Kitagawa Europe, I have another guest blog. Robert looks at rotary tables and how the small manual rotary table you might have for your drill press or milling table compairs with it’s bigger
Posted in: Guest, Work Holding
Tags: rotary table, Sponsored
What to Look for in a CAD System
When you are just making stuff for yourself it’s fine to just sketch things out on a pad and make them. However, if you are working with others it is good to have proper drawings that you can share and
Shed loads of storage
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been sorting through some boxes of decorating kit and the “paint store” chucking out all the old and broken stuff and quarter cans of paint that had turned to jelly. I’ve managed to free
Metalcraft – Metal forming tools
J and C R Wood are the Hull based makers of the Metalcraft range of metal forming tools which includes: Punch & Shears Riveting/Bending/Rolling Tools Strip Worker – Five Tools in One Scroll Formers Twisters and workshop packages Barry Wood
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Tags: Bending, metal forming, Rolling
Guest Blog – Bending and jigs
Today’s blog entry is a guest article from Alan Ross who I interviewed earlier this year. Alan Ross: I had to braze up a large CD rack frame , so I took the opportunity of photographing the process. This is
Posted in: Fabrication, Guest, Welding
Tags: Jig, metal forming
Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
