Recent content by Dr Al

That's a terrible idea. I've bought loads of antique tools from car boot sales. If people can't sell old tools, they'll end up in the bin. The stuff that gets nicked will get sold via other means so it won't make any difference to theft, just result in more waste. The petition's specifically...

I bought the 5" Knew fret saw with the swivel blade clamps. It's excellent: I hated using fret saws before I bought that one. If I were buying again, I'd go with the 3" model: the swivel blade clamps mean that you don't really need the extra depth of the 5" body (at least for anything I do)...

Thank you

A little plane (150 mm long, 40 mm wide, 30 mm high). Body is beech, American Black Walnut and brass. Adjuster mechanism is 303 stainless & brass, lever cap is brass, lever cap nut is 303 stainless. Intended for use on the shooting board that's built into my travel tool chest & workbench...

I just poured some white spirit in & left it for 20 minutes. Doesn't seem to have affected it at all.

PETG (the only filament I use). I've no idea how it'll cope with white spirit, but I'll find out soon.

A very simple measuring jug with a small lip at the height to which it should be filled. I made this for mixing up my favourite wood finish ("Mike's Magic Mix": equal parts satin varnish, white spirit and pure tung oil) - I use a litre bottle to hold it, so I figured that a 300 ml measuring jug...

A "Lazy Susan" turning tool holder: More photos / description here: https://www.cgtk.co.uk/woodwork/powertools/woodlathe/blog/page33

I used the 5-cut method on mine (after I got a comment from a member on another forum questioning whether it would be accurate enough). The 5-cut method showed it was more accurate than I could measure. I didn't permanently fix the fence with wood screws though, I just use three M6 cap screws...

Took me a second - American mispronunciation humour (or should that be humor)

A simple M33×3.5 thread protector for my home-made lathe: I made it hexagonal just to make it easy to grip to screw it on / unscrew it. I would arguably have been better with a knurled pattern, but hexagonal was quicker to model in CAD.

Today I finished (give or take painting it when the weather gets warmer) a home-made woodturning lathe that I've been working on over the last month: View under the cover (which is there to stop wood bits getting into the motor, but is very quick to remove): My first ever attempt at...

I bought one of those and sent it back within a few days. It's been designed assuming a spherical head and mine isn't. It didn't seal around the face and the (optional-add-on) ear defenders didn't seal against my ears so it was next to useless.

First of all, I'll comment on your "first cheap combo square": these things are quite easy to adjust (although I realise it's probably too late if you've binned it). Get a needle file and take a bit off the bottom of the slot that the ruler bit runs in. Depending on which way you need to...

A small square. I really don't need any more squares: I've got loads of them. Nevertheless I thought it would be a quick and interesting project. I had never cut a bridle joint before and this seemed like a perfectly reasonable project to try one out on. I'm very happy to say that it appears...