After a week of getting frustrated waiting for my source of seasoned oak to come through, I have been up to some other jazz, helping Sam with the ‘cubby-under-the-stairs shoe draws’, and doing a scroll saw to sewing machine conversion experiment. Having had this old sewing machine sitting about for several years collecting dust (we […]
Here’s a bowl turning video for you. This one documents the use of the lathe to turn a nice little laburnum wood breakfast bowl for my mother-in-law. It isn’t mega fancy, but is a bowl that actually gets used for cereal on a daily basis :) It is mounted on a faceplate for turning, hope […]
This is the first Flowering Elbow video! Making it was strangely like giving a presentation to lost of people (a tad nerve-racking). It is a little tour of the wood lathe project, that is documented step-by-step style here. More vids of turning in action to come…
Some of the door hardware arrived yesterday, which was exciting, particularly as we spent a long time researching and deliberating the selection. Went for a five point locking system (FPL) in the end. Not that security is a big issue, but the ‘five pointers’ spread the load better, maintain a better weather seal and help […]
We have been thinking about making something to replace the horrible opening to our tinker room (or workshop), for ages now. Currently it is a standard, let all the cold in, up and over style garage door. What we want is some doors that let lots of light in, benefit from the south facing solar […]
The Binding of my PhD Thesis Unfortunately, and in typical style, I had no time to take photos of the two copies that I bound and handed in for examination (this was of course done the night before the deadline). The one here, is my own copy, which is substandard in every way – the […]
With the drill up and running now (see my last post), I have been making some hold down clamps. It cuts wonderfully through steel, on a nice slow consistent speed. In the photo below I am using the hold down (drilled and tapped with the new drill press) to secure a van part that […]
have been in the process of renovating a pillar drill for a while now (PhD work kept getting in the way). I thought I would share some of this drill press jazz.
The idea was that by getting a second hand three phase drill, it is possible to get a really high quality and functional machine, if you are willing and able to convert it to run off single phase electricity supply.
