Plans, projects and How-to's for Home Machinists and Other Makers
By Roger Leete
This tool was made for my Grizzly G8689, but it can be adapted to almost any mill. Just choose the right sized socket for your particular drawbar. Note that I did not come up with this idea, but found it on the web. I made the parts based mostly on the materials at hand. … Read the rest
This tape dispenser was made by the Advanced CNC class at Laney College in Oakland CA. It’s made from a pound of 6061 aluminum and every part was made using CNC. Click on the picture or this link to see more pictures.
I think this is a cool project and the video may teach you some new machining or fabrication methods even if you don’t want to make a retractable pen out of a couple of empty 30-06 bullet casings.
The pen looks like it’s pretty easy to make. … Read the rest
I tried making some machinable wax last night. It’s supposed to be harder than plain wax and mine wasn’t, or at least not noticeably. But I believe I can fix it by re-melting it and dissolving more plastic into it.
Machinable wax is made from ordinary paraffin (candle) wax that has HDPE or LDPE plastic added to it to make it harder, more dense and to raise its melting temperature. … Read the rest
