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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
- Air Turbine Tool Post Grinder
- Audible Work Stop
- Straight Knurling Tool for the Milll
- 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
General Shop Technique
Step-by-Step Tutorial
Safety
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
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
