I know, you would probably rather make something more interesting than a laundry rack. But have you ever considered that someone you know might want one? That it might be someone you should show some gratitude to for all the time they let you spend in your workshop and all the money they let you spend on tooling? … Read the rest
Free plans: Tapping/drilling block
Pete Stanaitis has designed a really nice drilling and tapping block and you can find the plans for it on his web site. A tapping block is a simple but very useful tool used to make sure a tap is started straight in its hole. The tap is much more likely to break if it’s not, plus you’ll probably get poorer quality threads even if it doesn’t. … Read the rest