This is the roll-around stand I made for my late 80’s Taiwan-made 4×6 bandsaw, which is almost identical to the one Harbor Freight sells. It uses a Harbor Freight 3-shelf service cart with the top shelf turned upside down. I was a little worried about it being top-heavy so I replaced the original 5-inch casters with 3-inch ones mounted on outriggers made from pressure-treated 2x6s. … Read the rest
How to use a digital caliper (and more)
Shortly after I started MachinistBlog I wrote about a couple of good web sites that can teach you how to read a micrometer. That post has been surprising popular. So now I want to tell you about this excellent web page that might teach you some things about using a digital caliper that you don’t know.… Read the rest
