After spending about two days without a draw bench after leaving school, I realized that pulling wire down by hand was just not for me. I set Continue Reading
Category: Metal Removal
The small, inexpensive ($80+) 4″ X 36″ belt/disc sanders seem to me to be one of the best ways I’ve spent a few bucks in my shop. Continue Reading
is is a great gift idea for those metal workers out there that would like to make something for a friend who does not have a need Continue Reading
Many of us need to bore holes in a circle but don’t have a rotary table, don’t want to remove the vise or need to create a Continue Reading
The Wiggler is a pointer that can be accurately and easily located on the centerline of the longitudinal axis of the spindle to which is attached. Wigglers are Continue Reading
The Edge Finders and Wigglers we purchase are sometimes furnished without instructions and we are frequently uncertain of their proper application. The Edge Finder is a dynamic Continue Reading
During 1992 my uncle, a tool maker, gave me several older copies (1978) of “Live Steam” magazine. Needless to say I promptly got ahold of Village Press Continue Reading
I am proposing to write two articles about gear cutting, this the first will be about making and using form tools and the second will be about Continue Reading
INTRODUCTION: I had to make two parts that required precise, but different, curved surfaces. I was not about to invest $600 for a tool that would be Continue Reading
This article is an account of my first year of lathe work, utilizing a Taig Lathe. I have been a jeweler and lapidary for six years, and Continue Reading