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General Projects
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Project
Description
Posted Date
D Type
Lister restoration
The restoration of my D-type lister engine.
Lister Oil Cap
The casting of an oil cap for a lister engine.
Fret saw restoration
The restoration of an old cast iron Fret saw .
May 2003.
Fuel
Filler Surround
The casting of a Fuel filler surround for a 49 chev pickup.
October 2003.
Blower
The salvage of a small vacuum/blower.
Salvaging a square threaded screw
Salvaging a square threaded screw from a car jack. March 2006
DC controller Salvage
Salvaging a DC PWM controller from a battery drill. April 2006
Variable speed bench drill
Fixing up and old bench drill and adding a variable speed drive to it.
August 2006
Hermes CNC engraver fix up
Retro fitting a Hermes engraver with CNC gear.
March 2007
New vise jaws for a bansaw
Making a new set of vise jaws for a horizontal bandsaw with a quick release jacking screw.
March 2012
Lathe/Machining related Projects:
| Project | Description |
| Dust collection container | A simple 15 minute project for collecting dust with your vacuum cleaner without clogging it up! |
| Angle plate | The casting of a cast iron angle plate. |
| T slot angle plate | An experiment with T slots and lost foam process. |
| T slot angle plate V2.0 | The second go at making the T slot Angle plate. |
| Tilting Plate | An adjustable tilting plate. |
Projects for the HM52 combination Mill
| Adjustable drawbar | Making a drawbar that pulls a MT3 taper through an ISO30 to MT3 adapter. |
| ISO 30 tool rack | Making a cast ISO 30 tool rack. |
| HM52 VSD conversion | Changing the Vertical spindle of the HM52 to a variable speed drive. |
| Indexing gadget | Making an indexing fixture for milling - 07/08 |
| Part 1 - Making the body | |
| Part 2 - Making the shaft | |
| Part 3 - Making the bushings |
Projects for the AL340 Hafco Lathe
| Cross Slide Handle | Making a new Cross Slide handle for my AL340 lathe. |
| Tool post dial indicator holder | A simple holder for the dial indicator that fits into the tool post! |
| Compound slide | Making of a new compound slide for my al340 lathe. - March 06 |
| Part 1 - Making the top part of the compound slide | |
| Part 2 - Making the bottom part of the slide | |
| Part 3 - Making the screw assembly and completion | |
| A quick Change Tool post | Making of a home made Quick change tool post with holders!. - January 07 |
| Part 1 - Making the main body of the tool post | |
| Part 2 - Making the tool holders for the tool post | |
| D1-4 cam lock ER40 collet closer | A D1-4 cam lock mounted ER40 collet closer! |
| Tail stock repair | giving the tail stock a birthday! |
GHA (Deckel copy) Milling Machine Projects:(I no longer own this machine)
| GHA restoration | The restoration of a George Alexander master toolmaker. - July 05 - February 06 |
| GHA Strainer | Making of the GHA coolant Strainers. - Aug 05 |
| GHA Drive Pulley | A new dual B section drive pulley. - Aug 05 |
| GHA Trolley | Making of the Trolley for the GHA machine. - Nov 05 |
| Square Spanner | Making of a square socket type spanner for the GHA mill. - Feb 06 |
RF30 Mill/Drill Projects
| Fly cutter Arbor | A Stainless steel Arbor for my RF30 Mill Drill. |
| Tee Slot Nuts | Tee slot nuts for my RF30 Mill Drill - a small project. |
| Large Mill Fly Cutter | A large fly cutter for my RF30 Mill Drill. |
| RF30 Z axis feed handle | The replacing of the plastic feed wheel with a cast aluminum one. |
| 1" Slitting saw arbor | An MT3 slitting saw arbor. - Oct 05 |
| RF30 mill/ drill bench | Mill drill bench with storage cabinet. - July 05 |
| RF30 Power Feed | Making of a power feed for the X axis (traverse) of my RF30. - April 06 |
| Part 1 - Mounting the motor and engaging mechanism | |
| Part 2 - Making the hand wheel setup | |
| Part 3 - The electrics, the cover and the completed project |
