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Machining Pens and Pencils

July 22, 2011February 10, 2009 by Rob

Here is a short pictorial about how this machinist/craftsman makes high quality artist pens and pencils out of stainless steel rods salvaged from a copier.

Categories Projects & Ideas 1 Comment

A Neat Trick for Squaring Up Parts in the Lathe

June 26, 2020February 9, 2009 by Rob
HOW TO: INDICATE PARTS IN A LATHE QUICKLY

Here’s a neat trick for squaring up parts that are too thin to self-align in a lathe chuck.… Read the rest

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The Mini-Mill Head Drop Problem

July 11, 2010February 9, 2009 by Rob

Everything was fine until the head dropped down and dug in

A problem with the Sieg X2 mini-mill [HF 44991, Grizzly G8689, Micro-Mark & others] is that the head can suddenly drop down while you’re milling.  Everything will seem fine until the head suddenly drops a bit, which causes the end mill to try to cut too much metal at once, causing the table to start shaking as much as the play in the gibs allows. … Read the rest

Categories Mini-Mill 19 Comments

Jan Ridders’ Engines

June 26, 2020February 1, 2009 by Rob

Compilation Jan Ridders engines

Jan Ridders is a talented machinist and prolific designer of model Stirling, flame-eater and internal combustion engines. As you can see from the video he has some good-looking and nice-running designs. You can build them if you want because he generously shares his plans for free.… Read the rest

Categories Jan Ridders, Plans, Stirling Engines, Videos 7 Comments
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