Machine Aesthetics Machines can be strictly utilitarian, and sometimes these are beautiful, but there is a certain machine aesthetic that goes to a really good looking piece of work. I’ve collected pictures of what I consider to be particularly noteworthy. Every...
Off Road Go Kart / Mini-Sand Rail This page describes my quest to find a father-son project that will give my son some passion about learning to use tools and build things. It’s just at the idea-gathering stage so far. Wouldn’t something like this be...
Home Machine Shop Hall of Fame, Page 3 Upstate NY Auto Restoration Shop Here is a fellow that loves a great shop, loves cars, and loves Monarch lathes. How can you beat that? In case you wonder what he builds in that shop… I like putting the sockets with the...
Home Machine Shop Hall of Fame, Page 2 GTC’s Knife Making Shop in Brazil Shop made belt surface grinder… Details of feed, height adjustment, and a knife being ground… Cross slide and ways… Before and after surface grinding… Knife grinder...
Making Micarta is Easy! Making Micarta is a common practice, especially among knife makers who value it for knife handles. It’s not hard to do. Mostly you arrange fabrics or other sheet materials, coat them in a resin, and then apply pressure, often with a...
Home Machine Shop Hall of Fame, Page 4 J. King’s Fabulous Shop I’ve been keeping my eye peeled for notes from this fellow ever since seeing his fabulous collet chuck made from an automatic transmission planetary gear set: Beautiful Shopmade Collet Chuck...
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