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CNC Project Ideas: Bottle Openers
For many years, and right up to the present I suspect, machinists in schools did a project to make a small ball peen hammer. The Paulding Machinist’s Hammer is perhaps the ultimate expression of this...
View ArticlePress Brake Kit for your Hydraulic Press
I came across this video scanning the fabrication boards and thought it was a neat kit for a basic press brake attachment for a hydraulic press:Everything is cut and just needs some welding together,...
View ArticleGear Puller: A Quick CNC Plasma Table Project
Keith Fenner of Turn Wright Machine Works has a bunch of neat videos on YouTube. Most of them involve manual machining and especially repair work, but he has a CNC Plasma Table that sees a fair amount...
View ArticleA Really Nice Hydraulic Press, Tooling, and Accessories
Every shop ought to have a hydraulic press–they’re handy for a lot of things. I’ve got a 45 ton air over hydraulic Asian import press mostly because it’s hard to buy the steel for what I paid to the...
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Making Tool Trays From Cutting Board
I love working with the plastic used for cutting boards–typically HDPE or High Density Poly Ethylene. For cutting boards you usually see it in that milky white color. I buy a few any time I see them...
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Movable Tool Storage Organization
One of my tips for improving shop productivity is the suggestion that anything you have to move while looking for something else be put away. It’s only a few steps, but when you’re totally focused on...
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Making Kydex Knife Sheathes and Holsters
Nothing quite like a custom sheath or holster to finish up a neat CNC project. I came across an article recently on making Kydex sheathes and really liked it. Looks like very easy material to work...
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Bartendro: A CNC Cocktail Mixing Barbot
Long time readers will know I am fascinated by Barbots–robotic bar tenders that can mix up cocktails. I just saw Bartendro on Kickstarter and thought it was neat: The biggest problem with a Barbot is...
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Build a Mechanical Iris
G-Wizard customer Lepton Heavy Industries has a neat blog post out about building a mechanical iris. I don’t know why, but these darned things have always fascinated me. This particular project uses a...
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Custom Aluminum Frame Fixture for Working on the Venerable Colt 1911
I came across this article on the 1911 Forum and it scratches two itches: - I’m a major 1911 fan–it’s my favorite handgun to shoot. - It’s always a treat to see a machinist go crazy and do something...
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