A little while back, I asked my friend, Jacob, if he would make me a crucible and some tongs for my metal casting setup. His Snap-On welder is far superior to my Home Depot Special (which claims that it can weld up to 3/16th” steel, but I think that must be in a perfect laboratory [...]
Hello fellow tinkerers, I recently needed to rabbet a thin groove into a piece of wood to sink a piece of glass into. On a straight cut this is a very simple task that can be achieved with a table saw or router, but in this case, the groove was on a swooping, curved piece [...]
Here’s a method I discovered that helps to keep your drill press chuck key from wandering away. Home Depot and Lowes sell a small $.99 gadget called a “Pencil Pull” (teeheeheehee ok, keep it together, Doc) which is a small, retractable spool originally meant to have a pencil wedged into it. You can repurpose this [...]