Bits - 12 | Electrifying an RC plane, vernier revisited, new materials and, easy degaussing method. |
Mill Vise Hand Wheel | Take a cheap handwheel and modify to suit use on the mill vise, for fast opening changes. |
Bits - 13 | Update and, look at an endoscope, slide hammer and, handwheel fit to vise hex. |
Pulley Keyway | Cutting Keyway, With Both Lathe Keyway Cutter and Broach to Finish |
Holder Mod for Small Die Grinder | Making a sleeve for adapting a grinder holder to accept small air die grinder |
Bits - 14 | Some Assorted Items - Early Threads, Center Finder, Lathe Oilers and Punch Set |
Small Toe Clamps | Making four reduced size toe clamps for use on a small fixture plate - includes screw-up :-) |
Toe Clamps - Corrected! | The symmetry error when we made these is now corrected! Couldn't live with them as they were. :) |
Fixture Plate Vise Block | We add a trued up Al block to mount to a fixture plate, to permit easy usage in the vise |
Bits - 15 | An old Hobart MIG we were given, a handsome piece of aluminum plate, and a mini Harbor Freight grinder. |
Bits- 16 | A simple trolley now for the Hobart and, picked up a half price hydraulic power kit - Harbor Freight, of course! |
Bits - 17 | Initial inspect of an old compressor: and, what to do with a bent clamp screw. |
Compressor 'Games' | Checking out the old Champion compressor and setting for 'slave'tank option. |
WIYB 2016 - Nomination | A short promotion for Emma Ritson, towards her success in the 2016 "What's in Your Box". |
Myford Clutch Design | A clutch unit designed long ago to serve an old 3 1/2" swing Myford lathe - some details. |
Modifying Insert Tool holder | Needed to adapt an insert holder to accept a large Kennametal ACME insert to save expense. |
Simple Case Hardening | A fairly quick one-step approach to applying a light case on mild steel. |
Bozo Thread Debacle | Making a new leadscrew for a sash clamp - all seems OK until we 'spot the difference'! |
Video Post Production Pt 1 | A video blog introduction to editing and assembling a video - some suggestions. 12/4/16 |
Video Post Production Pt 2 | A practical look at the subject within the editor environment.... various adjustments etc. |
Clamp Leadscrew - Take Two! | We make a second attempt and this time manage a double helix thread - and it actually works! |
Bits-18. Sash Clamp, Books Giveaway | Small finishing bits to the sash clamp and, information on an old engineering books giveaway. |
Books Draw & 'Cousin John' Visit | Time to see who has won the books. We also show "Cousin John' trying out the old lathe! |
Bits-19, T-Nut Tweaks | Upsetting T-nut bases to prevent stud run through. |
Old Blowlamp Renovation | A very old and huge blowlamp was deserving of some attention... clean up and get it running. |
Bits-20, random items | Thoughts towards a new carriage stop and, review a neat 'Edge' vise stop. |
VLOG-01 | In the absence of producing chips - just a brief chewing of the fat |
Carriage Stop, Part One | Milling a small block, threading an adjustment rod and drilling through. |
ER32 Collets & Holder Review | Testing of these items received from "Banggood.com" for review. The holder had major run out problems. |
Carriage Stop, Part Two | Further stages, including more block milling, thread milling and making and engraving adjustment wheel. |
Carriage Stop Part Three, Final | Completing the build - make attachment screws and hard insert for thread end boss. General clean-up. |
Carriage Stop - Tweaks | Following some useful suggestions, we quickly make a few improvement changes. |
A Visit to Dick Lin's Shop | We pay a quick visit to a local shop, owned by Dick Lin, and see his equipment set-up. |
A look at Bedford Town, PA | A look around this county town - full of many old buildings and quite a lot of character. |
Bits-21 | Oddments and plans ahead |
Bits-22 | A set of stills showing the development of my son's house build 10 years ago. |
Bits-22b | Slide show - a follow on to the last house build video. Here we see my son's additions. |
Milling Cutter Review | An evaluation of the Banggood 50mm face mill cutter and arbor combo. |
Lathe Tool Holders Review | A look at a 7 piece set of 12mm tool holders from Banggood.com |
Simple Lathe Carriage DRO | A simple magnetically mounted digital vernier for the lathe carriage. |
SimpleTailstock DRO | Mounting an inexpensive digital vernier scale to the tailstock. |
Carbide End Mills Review | Two carbide end mills from Banggood - 8mm (suits aluminum) and 10mm general purpose... put to test. |
Holesaw Set Review | A 5 piece set from banggood - 16mm, 18mm, 20mm, 25mm and 30mm. Tests on mild steel and aluminum. |
Emma's Competition Pt1 | A brief intro to the proposed build of a new carriage stop. |
Emma's Competition Pt2 | A heavily condensed edit of all the footage from the original build. |
Annular Cutter Holder | A simple custom unit to properly hold annular cutters. |
Maytag 92, and Oddz | We take the old Maytag out to give it a run. Plus, bore thru our annular cutter holder. Spring images. |
Old Man Goes Drone! | Acquired a new drone and give it a test run with some video footage. Hubsan H501s. |
Transit Platform Rivnuts.php | Arthur, of FM3 Design, demonstrates fitting front and rear support fittings in a Transit. |
Update and Short Drone Flight | Update, plus further flight of the H501s drone to test camera etc. |
"After The Knife" | Following up on fairly recent hip replacement surgery. |
Arthur Demonstrates "Rivnuts" | Art Humphrey shows the uses of different "Rivnuts". |
Update and Mavic Pro Drone | New drone - Mavic Pro. Flying at my son's house - quite strong breeze.. |
Enlarging Gas Jets | Increasing orifice size on a number of small brass gas jets. |