Plans, projects and How-to's for Home Machinists and Other Makers
I spend about half of my time writing CAM software, and the other half doing product development for a bunch of companies. Usually my prototypes are one-off, sometimes I have to make lots of them. I happen to be in the middle of just such a project- I need to make about 50 of these:
Luckily, they’re not very big, only the size of a dime.… Read the rest
This short video shows you how to make a dial indicator stop for a Grizzly G0602 lathe that can be easily adapted to other lathes. The stop is used with a magnetically mounted dial indicator to very accurately measure depth when drilling or boring.… Read the rest
Reporting by Blabbermouth Bobblehead
DP – (Disassociated Press – No News At 11)
While pictures of the heroic rescue and salvage operation were unfortunately unavailable for publication, DP reporters were able to obtain exclusive images of the miraculously salvaged charcoal grill, which appears ready to stand tall through yet another summer of heavy cooking use and abuse thanks to its custom new prosthetic leg, shown below. … Read the rest
This is the bracket I made last weekend so I can tow my ancient hand-pulled lawn roller behind my riding lawn mower. I usually don’t roll my lawn because the soil has so much clay it strongly resembles concrete when it dries out in July, but parts of it really needed it. … Read the rest
