Home page and list of updates to this site. A list of all of the page on this site. Colour schemes made easy! A colour scheme for Vim. An introduction to the metalworking pages on my website. Some information about my workshop. Improvements and tooling for my mini-lathe. Improvements and tooling for my milling machine. Improvements and tooling for my bench grinder. A lookup table for converting from imperial to metric lengths.

Monday, November 7, 2016. Winter is here, and time to have our annual post from the Chugach. This was the first of the year. It did not last long! Only a few weeks. But more is forecast on Friday. A few troubles have kept me away from the shop. Saturday, August 27, 2016. An interlude on the Kenai. There are a few houses, but I left them out on purpose. Jeff, of course, can catch fish anywhere.

Bench Grinder Diamond Dresser Part 2. February 8, 2018 0 Comments. Part of the Diamond Dresser. Bench Grinder Diamond Dresser Part 1. January 25, 2018 1 Comment. Back before Christmas, I decided it was finally time to give a single point dresser a try, so I sat down and designed one, that would work with my current grinder. The following video shows making the small parts associated with it. Part of the Diamond Dresser. December 8, 2017 0 Comments. November 7, 2017 1 Comment.

This post will use the building of a prototype of a Mechanical Iris to walk you through the steps involved in prepping data, material, etc. needed to use the laser cutter to make some parts for our nifty gadget.

I purchased a Clarke CM 300 mini-lathe about 10 years ago. I had had little experience of metal working or machining although I had always been a keen diyer and was familiar with working with wood, bricks and mortar, concrete etc. I needed a new challenge! My initial experiences with the lathe were frustrating. You can read all about them here. I normally work in metric and most dimensions will be given in mm. However, often raw materials.

Lathe and Mill Projects and gadgets. Here is my new Precision Matthews 12 x 36 Lathe. This is my new Precision Matthews pm 30 Mill. Turning the body of the ball turner. Start your own free website. A surprisingly easy drag and drop site creator.

Machining by hand in a digital world. Posted March 2, 2012. Posted March 2, 2012. Posted June 15, 2011. Not hand machined, but still a cool little project. Posted October 7, 2010. Posted October 7, 2010. Via Make and artist Chris Schaie.

Al Gore and Bill Nye FAIL at doing a simple CO2 experiment. Northern Regional Sea Ice Page. The Spencer-Braswell and Dessler papers.