Oil in can.
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Old felt tip pen.
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Oil pen. Good for controlled oiling without dripping (hinges, clocks, etc.).
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engineering
Box Spanner
Ford transit mt75 gearbox quickchange
Original gear lever assembly
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Pin and spherical part (some chrome alloy) may have been brazed
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Welded & machined assembly adds an extra 20mm to the selector end
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Gearbox housing spacer cast and machined from aluminium
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Completed assembly reduces top-end throws from 6″, to 4″ ~ 33% reduction.
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knoba – ball turning fixture for lathe
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Torque gauge chuck adapter
Adapter is mild steel.
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Chuck was off an old model makers drill (3/8 unf).
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Machine taper allows adapter to fit onto both re-machined gauges.
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Tohnichi gauge left, Waters gauge right.
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Deterco.com – Waters Torque Watch
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Emery roll dispenser
Made out of scraps around the workshop: 4mm & 6mm plywood, 10x26mm pine, 4mm rosewood dowels, stainless steel sheet, mild steel pins, nylon 66, brass rivets with a linseed oil finish…
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A little flourish around the hinge area…
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Nylon feed rollers.
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Sprung cams trap the emery, but allow it to be pulled out easily
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Lids are hinged for refills…
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Now fitted with the added possibility of a tea shelf…
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knoba – Emery Roll Dispenser – 2015.dxf (link below)
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knoba – Emery Roll Dispenser – 2015.dxf
Homemadetools.net – Online tool maker community
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Knurling copier & profiler
Single wheel knurler; mild steel, high tensile steel, stainless steel & brass.
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Filed, drilled, reamed & bevelled. Captivated dowels & countersunk bolts.
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Lever stops the sacrificial nut & bolt from elongating the body…
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Used on a tool post, near the tailstock off a live centre, profiles, formers & patterns can be made from silver steel…
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knoba – Knurling Copier & Profiler – 2015.dxf (link below)
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knoba – Knurling Copier & Profiler – 2015.dxf
West Yorkshire Steel – Silver steel.pdf
Ebay.co.uk – Stainless Steel Dowel 3x12mm
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Toothed drive centre
Sprung loaded silver steel single point captivated by m4 grub screw
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Arbor machined to fit one of my 5c lathe collets
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knoba – Toothed drive centre – 2015.dxf (link below)
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knoba – Toothed drive centre – 2015.dxf
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Concrete path
I really need to sort out this concrete path…
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Sliced up paving slabs will provide form-work. Can be left in situ as a feature.
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Diamond disc cutter…
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Impromptu slab sizing jig fixed to trestle…
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Stone bevelling jig…
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Cut to size, bevelled edges and stuck with industrial adhesive.
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Right side up (cut face), looks good…
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Form-work laid to pegged-out levels. Can pour concrete as individual panels, as and when.
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Panel centre features; molds made out of cement, water and a little PVA glue.
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Pattern mold made from coke bottle and a pen top lid…
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Using crayon as a release agent…
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Cement mix poured on top of mold to produce an inverted pattern…
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Wood block stuck to back of inverted pattern as a handle…
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Mix for medallions: 1 sand, 1 cement, 1 iron filings…
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Inverted pattern into tube, mixture packed in & pressed out…
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Wet medallions…
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Dry medallions (to be used as a centre feature in each panel)…
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Alternate panels poured (so I can work on each one without stepping on a previous wet panel)…
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Medallions were pressed in after tamping & striking each panel.
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Mix for panels: 1,3,3 (cement, sharp sand, ballast).
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Bostik.co.uk – Gripfill adhesive
Source4me – Concrete mix calculator
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Bearing puller
Disc can be drilled to suit other similar applications as need arises.
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Screwdriver Rack
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knoba – Screwdriver Rack – 2014.dxf (link below)
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Perspex – Fluorescent Cast Acrylic Neptune Blue 7T97
knoba – Screwdriver Rack – 2014.dxf
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Wood turning fixture & rests
Lathe wood turning fixture & polished 304 stainless steel rests
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Extended rest.
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