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Things we're doing or wishing we were doing in the shop. The projects are in reverse chronological order...

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Current Projects and Doings (Pages and projects I've recently been fiddling with)
		Mill Flood Enclosure
Belt Drive for the Industrial Hobbies Mill (design)	ModIO Pendant for IH CNC Mill (build)	Tapping Arm (build)
Small Turner's Cubes (build)	Gang Tool Slide for 9x30 Lathe (design)	Mill Fine Tram Adjustment (build)
5-Axis CNC T&C Grinder (design)	4th Axis for the IH CNC Mill (design)	Bandsaw Miter Gage (build)
Elmer's Comber Rotary Engine Team Build	*Elmer Verburg's Reversable Vertical Twin Wobbler*	*Fixture Plate*

Completed Projects

New Way Covers for the IH Mill

Completed 8/4/12

G-Wizard Machinist's Calculator

Completed 11/21/10

Use an iPad as a Mach3 Pendant

Completed 7/27/10

Optical Limit Switches

Completed 5/1/10

Shop Air

Completed 4/11/10

Vise Jaws of "Doom"

Completed 1/30/10

Magnetic Way Covers for IH Mill

Completed 1/17/10

Coolant Mister

Completed 11/15/09

Making a Turner's Cube

Completed 7/5/09

R8 Tooling Rack

Completed 7/5/09

Industrial Hobbies Mill CNC Conversion (includes Epoxy/Granite fill, One Shot Oiler, etc.

Completed 5/30/09

Personalized Mill Screen Set for Mach3

First Edition 5/10/09 (Jog Increment)

Industrial Hobbies Mill One Shot Oiling System

Completed 10/12/08

Make Your Own Transfer Screws

Completed 10/5/08

Button V-Block

Completed 4/30/08

Ball Bearing Chuck Key Spinner

Completed 4/25/08

Fitting a Collet Chuck to the Lathemaster 9x30 Lathe

Completed 4/16/08

A DRO for the Lathe Compound

Completed 4/15/08

A Tailstock Camlock for the Lathemaster 9x30 Lathe

Completed 3/16/08

Simple Rounding Fixture for the Grinders...

Completed 3/6/08

Air Tool Rack

Completed 2/27/08

Bandsaw Table and Other Improvements

Completed 2/17/08

12" Disc Sander

Completed 2/12/08

Low Temperature Differential

Free Piston Stirling

Completed 1/17/08

Quick and Easy Welding Table

Completed 1/2/08

"Instant" QCTP Indicator Holder

Completed 4/29/07

Widgitmaster CNC Mini-Router

Completed 3/6/07

Rotary Table Accessories

Completed 2/3/07

Powered Drawbar for the IH Mill

Completed 12/17/06...

Power Feed for the IH Mill

Completed 11/4/06..

An Inexpensive DRO for the Mill

Inexpensive because I will eventually convert the mill to CNC and decomission the DRO.

X and Z axes completed 7/24/06. Have never needed the Y axis!

A Vise Stop for the Kurt Vise: Based on an elegant design by the Fidgiting Widgitmaster and embellished in a homely way by yours truly to include knurled finger wheels based on split cotter locks. There's probably some arugula and sun dried tomatos in there too!

Completed 7/12/06...

Color Code Your Wrenches:

Saves a lot of groping around!

Completed 6/29/06...

Big Brass Gib Lock Knobs: Because every mill should have a couple of big brass ones!

Completed 6/23/06...

TPGB Insert Dovetail Cutter: I want to make Aloris-style QCTP holders with my new mill. To do that I have to be able to cut the dovetails. So, I made this cutter as my first "practical" mill project.

Completed 6/13/06...