Shops and Tools

Free at last!

Posted Sat, 02/05/2011 - 18:19 by Charles

After the better part of a Decade with various amounts of my belonings in a storage unit in Christiansburg (varying between 95% and 5%) today we finally got the last of it cleared out, and the keys handed back to the storage place. My next week's free time will be processing the stuff we brought home today. Included in this are several shelving units and storage boxes which will permit me to open up some more space to work on my various boat projects. Additionally, with the rent for the place no longer obligated, I can dedicate some of those funds to boats....

A Clean Workspace is a Productive Workspace

Posted Tue, 02/01/2011 - 20:29 by Drew

CIMG1339.JPGAs I said in my previous post and at the club meeting, I have been working on fixing up my hobby room and organizing it some.  Here is a picture of my hobby table AFTER cleaning it up and generally organizing things some.

SuperGrand UltraDeluxe (Plus Extra More) Charging Cart

Posted Mon, 03/22/2010 - 09:32 by Drew

Charging Cart 4This is actually the third RC charging cart that I've constructed.  The first cart was a milk crate that I modified by adding wheels and a handle.  The second was more of a purpose built cart constructed from marine grade plywood.  It held up pretty well over it's year or two of service but it too had it's flaws.  So, late in 2008 I decided to sell that cart and have a third and hopefully ultimate cart constructed.  The design is based on some toolboxes that I saw while at the Norfolk Naval Shipyards. 

Iron

Posted Sat, 03/20/2010 - 21:18 by Tom

Hit Radio Shack looking for a replacement tip for the iron.

They told me that they do not carry that type of equipment. 

Then I showed then a new one that they had on the shelf for sale!!

At which point they started to back peddle and start searching for the part.

An hour later they had an answer:  

They do not make replacement parts, buy a new Iron.

Rotary Table Arrived

Posted Tue, 02/23/2010 - 19:50 by Brian

The latest additions to tooling for the mill arriived today. I just spent the evening cleaning the packing greese off of the rotary table, four jaw independant chuck and mounting plate.

 

Improving Accuracy of Mini-Lathe Tail-stock

Posted Fri, 02/05/2010 - 08:40 by Brian

Modified Tailstock I am still learning how to use my MicroMark 7x14 mini-lathe and MicroMark milling machine. However, one of the things that has been causing me a lot of grief is how inaccurate the tail-stock on the mini-lathe is. Because I am a complete novice, and because the equipment is so expensive (at least for me). I have been very hesitant to modify it. However, the inaccuracy of the tail-stock was becoming a show stopper and had to be corrected.