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My Home Shop
Air Compressor Muffler
No Sew Sandbags
Vinyl Chip Curtain
Another Goofy Paper Towel Holder
Extra Work Space on Trash Can
The Sky Cam
A Giant Assortment of Handy Shop Tips and Tricks
Magnets in the Shop:
Simple Chip Picker Upper
Magnetic Stickups
Portable Hex Key Rack
Hung Up and Brushed Off
Neoprene Sheeting for Swarf Protection
Phono Needle Scriber
Abrasive Paper Holder for Granite Surface Plate
Milling VIse Parallel Holder
"Overdone" Magnetic Chip Picker
Chip Protection for DRO Scales
Paper Towel Holder
Making Safe Edge Files
Magnetic V-Block
Mini Soft Vise Jaws
Tooling
Straight Knurling Tool for the Milll
NEW - Feb 2011
Flush Cut Slitting Saw Arbor
Lathe Turning Tool Made From Old File
Audible Lathe Work Stop
Air Turbine Tool Post Grinder
Lathe Centering Roller
FIle Cleaner
Socket Head Cap Screw Holders
Old End Mill Becomes Rotary Broach
Dedicated Chuck for Shortening Screws
Mini Hand Tapper
Solid Milling Machine Table Stop
Setting the Lathe Compound with a Sine Bar
Outside Jaws for Kurt
Soft Parallels
My Six Inch Calculator
Lathe Cross Slide Lock
A Quick Change Indicator Holder
A Simple Reversing Switch Saftey Interlock
A Pair of SImple Chip Shields
There's a Midget Following Me
What to Do With a Giant
Stepped Screw Plate
Milling Machine Light & Accessory Bar
Swing Arm Light for Mill Bar
Improving Import Cutoff Tool Holders
Circular Form Tool Holder
Lathe Compound Setting Block
Lathe Hand Tapper
Micro Tap Handle
Erickson R8 Collet Adapter
A "Wiggly" Lathe Center
A Really Simple Tap Guide for Mill or Drill Press
Disposable Milling Vise Soft Jaws
Tool Holder Inserts for Small Size Tools
Bench Vise Jaws
Mill Knee Hand Wheel
Another Reason Why I Love Collets
New Work for an Old Turret
Tram Eliminator
Simple Lathe Spindle and Chip Tools
Lathe Tool Height Setter
Lathe Tool Rest
Carriage Stop
Vertical Band Saw Gravity Powered Feed
Lathe Technique
Bulk Stock Removal by Interrupted Turning
Using the OMW Radius Turning Tool
Cutting Thin Wall Tubing
Milling Machine Technique
Checking Basic Mill Setup
Squaring a Rough Piece of Stock
General Shop Technique
Shortening Very Small Screws
Step-by-Step Tutorial
A Basic Milling Project - The "Two-Slider"
Safety
Cracked Band Saw Blade
Lathe Safety Photos
Quick Tricks
Digital Caliper Cleanup
Easy-to-Make: U-Brackets
Faucet Washer Machine Feet
Getting a Grip on Thin Wall Tubing
Power Tapping on the Mill at 1500 RPM
Quick and Easy T-Slot Bolts
A Safe Lifting Grip for Milling Machine Vise
Cigarette Paper Substitute
Killing Rust While it Sleeps
PVC Shop Vac Crevice Tool
A Quickie Lathe Tailstock Drill Stop
Put a Cork in it
Lathe File Holder
Lathe Tailstock Alignment Trick
Cookie Sheet Chip Pan
Quick and Easy Tool Post Alignment
Calculator Bag
Easy Drawer Organizers
Lazy Man's Tool Block Layout
Measuring a Taper
Quick Center Finding on the Mill
Another Quick Edge Finding Trick
Supporting Small Parts at the Grinder
Wet Sanding with Dry Paper
Drilling and Boring with One Tool
Using Wood Router Bits
A Simple Thread Restoring File
Hand Drill Countersink
Mini Parts Washer
Paint is Cheap
Tram Time?
Cleanup Brush
Cutting Oil Applicator Bottle
Metal Salvage
Tangential Lathe Tool
Lathe Tool From Scrap
Deburring on the Lathe
Drill Index
Aluminum Foil Tool Protection
Put a Sock on It
Projects
Knurled Nuts for Quick Change Tool Holders
A Pair of Big Brass Handles
Some Extra Capacity for the Baldor Buffer
Soft Jaw Pliers for Holding Screws
Adapting a Horizonal Milling Attachment
Not Another Chuck!
This one is for screws
Knurling the full length of a 3-ft 1/4" diameter rod
My Ultimate "Slo-Mo" Diamond Grinder
Indexing Ring for the Lathe
Improving the Mill Quill Lock
My New Bison Chuck
A New Boring Head Adjusting Screw
Lathe Tailstock Tool Holder
Some Banjo Wrenches
A Broken Milling Vise
Indexing a Swivel Base Vise
Rotary Table Fixture Plate
A Batch of R8 Arbors
Special Fly Cutter
A Fancy Swivel Grip Screwdriver
Hefty Tool Post Pedestal
Speedometer Cable End Former
A Replica 1890s Banjo Neck Attachment Wedge
The Magnetic Spin Sander
Adapting a Chuck to "Set-Tru"
Making a set of Collets for Rambold
Forstner style wood bit
Making a Lathe Drive Center
MLA Filing Machine Kit
A Bag of Hammers
Little Lead Mallet
V-Block Cross Drilling Jig
A Classic Little Exercise
Chuck Back Plate Conversion
Small Hook Bender
"Big" Conduit Bender
Lightweight Camera Tripod Ball Head
Lathe Slotting Attachment
A 19mm Tap
V-Block Bandsaw Cutoff Slide
Bridge Pin Lathe
Miniature Chain Hoist
Band Saw Table Insert
Bench Holder for Taper Mount Lathe Chuck
Some Ball Handles
A Fancy Thumbscrew
Extra Long Guitar Tuner Posts
Vintage "Rope" Style Knurl
Projects I've Done at
TECHSHOP
Thread Spool Holder
Look, Ma, I'm a HVAC
Mounting a New Lathe Chuck
A Special Step Pulley
File Rack
Rebuilding Samson's Tailstock
Another Samson Lathe Repair
Products
Repro Horseshoes for Rickenbacher Pickups
Oettinger Tailpiece Screws
Vintage Style Guitar Bridge Pins
Vintage Style Banjo Nuts
Jack the Gripper!
Clamp Feet
Tapered Hawaiian Guitar Steel
Reviews
Small Shop Tools
Some from Major Manufacturers
Just for Fun
Things to with Your Machines Turned Off
Mitutoyo's Least. . .
Renewable Cutting Board for the Kitchen
A "DYI" Project - The TIny Part Finder
Spray Can Cutter
Gym Sock Origami