by Ed Koizumi I've enjoyed the tips I’ve received and thought I would send one along to share. This is a tip for containing metal chips when operating the drill press. The photo should make the use and design clear. The simple shield can be cut from the bottom of a plastic tub or jar. [...]
by Jim Connell Nobody likes to break a tap and one of the main causes of broken taps is starting the tap at an angle to the drilled hole. There are tap guides available to help with this, but the method I use requires no extras. After drilling the tap hole, remove the drill from [...]
by Don Wiederhold If you don’t have a digital readout on your lathe, it is easy to go too far when moving the cross slide by reference to the dial only. Here is a little tip for avoiding overshoots when making a recessed facing cut. First, I bore the recess in the normal manner, but [...]
by Dick Saunders After making the optical center punch that was presented in the June/July 2006 issue of Machinist’s Workshop, I got the idea that an optical centering device to align the spindle on the mill, mill-drill, or drill press would be handy. This design allows you to align the spindle to a reference mark [...]
by Don Wiederhold Have you ever parted off a small bushing and have it fly into your chip pan and then spent the next 10 minutes looking for it? While it may serve to remind you to clean the chip pan more often, sifting through a bunch of oily, sharp swarf is not an enjoyable [...]
by Don Wiederhold I’ve seen many versions of carriage stops and I’m not going into detail on how to build one, as the many versions on different lathes require a clamping method to fit your specific lathe. However, I do have some features for you to consider when you make your own stop for your [...]
