Woodwork awl

Recycled from a well-worn & much favoured Stanley philips 201 screwdriver. Re-ground & oil stone honed with 4 sided point

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Awesome as a point awl (marking accurate; screw / drill points with brad point bits, flat bits & forstners)

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Stanley – hand tools

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Tool rings

Quick release rings for the tools on my electronics bench

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Made from the sprung stainless steel inserts from old car wiper blades (the rubber bit sometimes has these in it, ask at your local garage) & some 2.4mm stainless wire for the jump rings.

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Shaped with jewellery pliers

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Better than keyring style rings, these quickly lock into, and out of, place

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Materials:
1 x auto wiper blade insert (normally 2 in each rubber blade)
1 x 40x2.4 mm o/d stainless steel wire

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Thumb wheel jig

Jig & threaded blank

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Freshly machined thumb wheel blank

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Screw blank on underside of jig, locknut it, drill through one hole, use lock pin (silver coloured part), drill through other holes, deburr, fettle & smooth thumb wheel.

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Nice!

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What’s in the CAD file…

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Materials:
1 x 60x60x16 mild steel plate
1 x M12x80mm bzp bolt
1 x M6x40mm 12.9ht Socket cap bolt
1 x m6 washer
1 x m6 nut

1 x 13mmx32mm o/d, m6 threaded, 6 series Aluminium blank

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knoba – thumb wheel jig – 2018.dxf

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Tool tang drill bit

Almost any steel will do. 7mm o/d, 2 straight flutes, 1/4″ increment depth marks

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Used in lathe, with new handles. Enlarge to fit individuals tangs…

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4° included taper (as per machine taper)

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Can easily remove shank for re-tempering. Link to CAD file below

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Wiki – Machine taper

knoba – Tool Tang Drill Bit – 2017.dxf

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Leather Edge Bevellers

Made from medium carbon steel, brass & spalted cherry.

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Garden Arch

Made from fencing panels (bent by kerf cutting laterals).

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Supported by an external welded steel framework (30mm x 8mm x 30 meters).

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3m wide x 3m high (3.6m from bottom of steps).

Now home to a sweet flowering Jasmine.

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Theflowerexpert.com – Jasmine

Parker Steel – 30 X 8mm Mild Steel Flat

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Woodwork clamping blocks

4″ x 4″ x 2″ softwood. Non-marking, large surface area with 1/8″ edge over-round.

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Waxed for an easy glueing release agent.

Better to be made before one needs them!

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Colron – Refined Finishing Wax

Freud – 1/8″ Radius rounding over bit

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Leather wallets for rasps

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Cromwell – Bastard rasp

Cromwell – Saftey wooden file handle

Ebay – 15mm snap fastener

Pfaff – select 3.0 sewing machine

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DJ Desk for Hotel

DJ Desk for Hotel

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1st mock-up for clients brief “DJ desk” done in Blender.

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Knoba – Dj Desk – 2013.blend

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Stainless steel TV Stand

Polished 304 Stainless steel & oak flatscreen TV Stand

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knoba – Tv Stand – 2008.dxf

Forum – mig-welding.co.uk

Colron – Refined Finishing Wax

Parker steel – Stainless Steel Metric Rounds

Cibo – Finit-Easy

Cibo – Finimaster Pro

Metalgeek.com – Tube Coping Calculator

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