By Andre Delisle Here is a very handy trick. I guess many of us know about it, but I think those who don’t use it might be interested. It’s a small, electric screwdriver with a shop-made bit to fit my key chuck. Mine is a Black & Decker Smart Driver; other makes would work as [...]
By D. J. Wiederhold Years ago, a friend of mine broke the .200” diameter section off of his edge finder and was going to throw it away. I told him I would take it if he didn’t mind. I finally came up with a use for it after it sat in my toolbox for many, [...]
By Kenneth Hemmelgarn The attached photos should help to illustrate a simple solution I came up with for cutting near net-shaped stock with the common dual-use bandsaw. The rip fence was a quick and easy modification put together with some basic items I had on hand. The guide is quickly removed or adjusted for size. [...]
By Denis Renaud I always keep a small container of cutting oil and small acid brush at the lathe and milling machine. To prevent them from getting knocked over and making a big mess, I use two plastic yogurt containers, sized so one container fits into the other. In the first container I place a [...]
By Mike Solomon I have a tip that might make life easier for your readers. When I need to turn small diameter rod on a larger lathe, the fitted chuck often will not close small enough to hold the workpiece. My six-jaw chuck on the South Bend 10K only goes down to about 1/8” diameter [...]
By Doug Ripka We recently bought a small Jet drill press at work. The drill has T-slots in it instead of the open slots our old drill press had, so we couldn't use our Vise-Grip style table clamps that we had grown fond of. (One example of what we are using is the Grizzly H1127 [...]