Plans, projects and How-to's for Home Machinists and Other Makers
This is another excellent article by Mikey, a frequent contributor to MachinistBlog.com and winner of our “Machining Metal as a Hobby” contest.
The Jet HVBS-56M, like most of its brethren, lacks a suitable table for vertical cutting. The OEM table is, in my opinion, unsafe for use in the hobby machine shop because of its extreme flexibility.… Read the rest
This article describes how I added an easy-to-make DRO (Digital Readout) to the cross-slide of my 7×12 mini-lathe. It uses an inexpensive digital dial indicator that I bought from Harbor Freight for about $25. It works very well and you won’t have to drill any holes in your lathe or disassemble it to install it.… Read the rest
This article was written by “Mikey” and it first appeared on the Yahoo 4x6Bandsaw discussion group. I think it is a great idea and well presented so I asked him if I could republish it here and he graciously agreed. It originally appeared as a PDF file that is formatted better and has larger pictures that you can download here. … Read the rest
Here is a list of the materials you will need to build Jan Ridders‘ new simple low temperature differential Stirling Engine. You can download the plans here (PDF).
I was going to build his Coffee Cup Stirling but I have started building this one instead because it will take a lot less time. … Read the rest