With my brother-in-law celebrating his 50th birthday this year, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to: 1. Yank his chain a little, 2. Use my new toy! So, a popular item in plasma cutting ‘circles’ is what’s called an ‘F-Bomb’. Now without going into the derivation of this name, the … Continue reading
Category Archives: Tools
New Tool for Workshop!
Well, this past fall I finally got around to adding the cabinets I had planned for the East Wall of my Workshop. The East Wall had become a dumping ground for pretty much anything that didn’t have a ‘home’. As you can see in the photo below, it had really … Continue reading
Woodturning workshop on how to texture bowls.
The local woodturning club, Chapel Hill Woodturners, hosts workshops on various woodturning topics. I went to a workshop on Texturing turnings yesterday and was amazed at what you can do with this technique. I had seen texturing tools before but was skeptical on how versatile they were. Well! Let me … Continue reading
Upgrade to CNC Router
In my previous posting on updating my CNC Router, I replaced the mechanical system with a whole new system that was more stable structurally than my original home brew system. I mounted the new mechanical system on the old system’s frame (as it was mobile and could be folded up … Continue reading
3D Printer for the Little House in the Village!
The 3D printer that ‘Santa Claus’ brought to us in December, proved to be SOOOOO useful, I knew that I couldn’t live without one at the Little House in the Village (LHV)! So… I ordered one about 8 weeks ago and it finally arrived last week! Having built the previous … Continue reading