Jessops tripod camera mount

Machined from hardwood scrap (not the wired thumbscrew).

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Fits the unusually shaped jessops tripod

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All; Freecycled, recycled.

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Emery roll dispenser

Made out of scraps around the workshop: 4mm & 6mm plywood, 10x26mm pine, 4mm rosewood dowels, stainless steel sheet, mild steel pins, nylon 66, brass rivets with a linseed oil finish…

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A little flourish around the hinge area…

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Nylon feed rollers.

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Sprung cams trap the emery, but allow it to be pulled out easily

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Lids are hinged for refills…

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Now fitted with the added possibility of a tea shelf…

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knoba – Emery Roll Dispenser – 2015.dxf (link below)

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knoba – Emery Roll Dispenser – 2015.dxf

knoba – Folding bar

WorkShopShed – Home site

Homemadetools.net – Online tool maker community

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Leather Edge Bevellers

Made from medium carbon steel, brass & spalted cherry.

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Adjustable dowel & drilling jig

Used for drilling blind holes, in matched faces, for dowelling metal or wood assemblies.

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125mm x 127mm x 15mm 5083 Aluminium Plate

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Glued on cad template (link below)

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Optical centre punch (link below)

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Centre drilled used as fluffer (minimizes deflection) prior to pilot drilling

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Pilot drill all holes 3mm

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6mm drill

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Cut out profile

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Filed. A good selection of files helps; the dreadnought type is especially good on aluminium.

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Cleaned up a little more

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…and a little more

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Homemade edge chamferer/deburrer from an old three square file

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Drilling ready for threading m12 inserts

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Threading

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Countersinking

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Inserts: centre drilling

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Countersinking a relief to stop the slot in the screw snaping the twist drill used in the next operation

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Drilling to finish size

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Stamping sizes on the heads (there are 5 different sized inserts in my set)…

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Inserts fit nice…

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Insert needs to be below the surface on both sides

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Main body finished & inserts finished.

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Marking out the fences for the tool

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Cutting the parts

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Drilled, tapped,assembled to slider blocks and lapped flat

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Wallop….

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Underside

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knoba – Adjustable Dowel Jig – 2015.dxf (link below)

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knoba – Adjustable Dowel Jig – 2015.dxf

knoba – Optical centre punch

knoba – Dewalt chop saw mods

Wiki – 5083 aluminium alloy

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Window grills

To protect a pair of period glazed windows from ball impact strikes.

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Low profile, near hinge side, allows window to open without impediment.

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Upright frame sections take loading from the arched mesh and dissipate shocks.

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Frames will be fitted with only the top laterals fixed (m5 countersunks).

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Balling achieved by melting ends with TIG.

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Single sided adhesive closed cell foam tape (20mm x 1.5mm).

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Homemade tucking fork used to shape the open wire ends.

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Wooden buck used to profile the weldmesh.

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knoba – Window Mesh – 2015.dxf (link below)

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knoba – Window Mesh – 2015.dxf

Parker Steel – 20 X 3mm Mild Steel Flat

Parker Steel – 2″ X 2″ X 10G GALV Weldmesh Sheet

Ebay – Black Single Sided Foam Tape Closed Cell 20mm Wide x 1.5mm Thick

Ebay – m5 Countersunk Pozi Machine Screws

Screwfix – No Nonsense Timber Decking Oil Clear 5Ltr

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Leather pouch for modded bevel edge chisels

Tool roll made from the softest full-grain Italian hide.

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Fastened with Velcro.

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Knocked back (stepped) soles for accurate lapping.

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Wasted shanks for better reach.

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Bahco – 424P Bevel edge chisels

Forum – Homemadetools.net

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Small wood plane

Luthiers wood plane.

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Body & wedge made from English oak, pin from Rosewood, blade from high carbon steel.

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Wood Database – English Oak

Wood Database – East Indian Rosewood

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Homemade toothpaste

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Chalk (aka; calcium carbonate, CaCO3)

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Sanding belt is used solely for my toothpaste.

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Hydrogen peroxide (dilute & use with caution!).

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Wiki – Chalk

Howstuffworks.com – Can you use hydrogen peroxide on your teeth?

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Custom Cocobolo scales for my straight razor

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Thiers-issard – Straight razors

wood-database.com – Cocobolo

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Tap & die box

Made from mahogany and aluminium angle.

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Lettering done by overstamping on a paper printout.

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knoba – Tap & Die Box – 2009.dxf (link below)

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OSG – Taps & dies

knoba – Tap & Die Box – 2009.dxf

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Screwdriver Rack

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knoba – Screwdriver Rack – 2014.dxf (link below)

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Perspex – Fluorescent Cast Acrylic Neptune Blue 7T97

knoba – Screwdriver Rack – 2014.dxf

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Leather beating bags

Leather beating bags for stretching metal

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Pfaff – select 3.0 sewing machine

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