Mild Steel
Sheet metal bending and drilling jigs
I’m working on a project that needs some sheet metal forming around a box lid to extend the size. The approach is to fold some sheet steel and then rivet it on to the case using pop rivets. The plan
Posted in: Rugged Case
Materials: Mild Steel
Tags: Bending
Getting Started with a Milling Machine
Andy sets about unpacking and setting up a small bench top vertical milling machine.
Posted in: Milling
Materials: Aluminium, Mild Steel
Vice Mount Revisited
In the old Workshopshed, I made some bars to screw to the underside of the bench to mount the bench vice to a good solid clamping point. Unfortunately, when I moved, I forgot to unscrew these and since I’ve moved
Posted in: Workshop Furniture
Materials: Mild Steel
Tags: vice
Gates Update
Following the addition of the tubes to the gate post I need to weld on some end caps and some tabs to fix the post to the wall.
Posted in: Welding
Materials: Mild Steel
Tags: Painting
Small Repairs
Not all good repairs need to take a long time or lots of effort. Sometimes it’s the simple ones that are the most effective. Vice Screw Replacement The Axminster vice I’ve had for a few years works really well and
Posted in: Repairs
Materials: Leather, Mild Steel
Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
