Drilling
Drilling hard materials
Following last weeks post, I quizzed Brendan about their smaller drills and asked if they too were ground with the split point. He pointed out that they were too small for that. “All drill bits from 3mm up to 13mm
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Hard drills
Brendan from TTP Hard Drills sent me some of their cobalt drills and some cutting paste to review. He also threw in a handy drilling guide, a hat and some pens. As I was looking around the Workshopshed for some
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Tags: cobalt, cutting paste
Three different drill bits
When I shattered a 7mm drill bit the other week, Dormer Pramet got in contact and offered me a replacement. I’ve been following them on twitter for a while and particularly like their machining tips and Monday quiz from which
Titan Combi Drill
Those who follow on twitter will know that my cordless drill died mid-project. I believe the brushes wore out. As I was in the middle of building, I did not have the chance to strip it down and determine the
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Drills only used for 10 minutes
Whilst listening to the Restart Project podcast I heard a comment that the average drill is only used for 10 minutes in it’s lifetime and hence was a prime candidate for a sharing economy approach to tools. Given that I
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Tags: shared ecconomy
Trailer Modification
“All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan Likewise, all toys will eventually become too small or too childish for their owner. A few years ago, I purchased a wooden
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Tags: modification, toy, trailer, upcycle
Clock shafts
Like any normal clock, the topsy turvey clocks requires two concentric spindles. The original spindle sizes were 1.6mm and 3.3mm to fit the hands. The size needed for the gear wheels I purchased was 4mm. The lengths need to be
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Spotting Drills vs centre drills
In MEW 212 Chris Smith from Taunton chastises Harold Hall for using centre drills for starting a hole and recomends using a spotting drill or stub drill instead. This is something that I also do so I thought I’d investigate
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Tags: centre Drill, Drill bits
Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
