Workshop extractor

Intake side. Made from aluminium.

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Exhaust side. Enclosure made from 304 stainless steel, plywood & galv weldmesh.

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240v Torin Sifan extractor, centrifugal fan. Fabricated wall interface.

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3 developments. Mallet formed. Pop riveted & silicon seams. Cad file below.

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Removable grill made from plywood & weldmesh.

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Hardwood former (1st) used for hammer forming intake cowling

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Hardwood former (2nd) used for hammer forming intake cowling

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Hardwood former (3rd) used for hammer forming intake cowling

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First phase complete. To do: trim edges & fold over returns…

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Softwood former (4th) used for hammer forming edges of intake cowling

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Needed to make a tucking fork for this operation

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Front side.

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Back side.

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Power. Extractor is quiet & very powerful.

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Materials:
(FAN)
1 x Extractor fan
1 x Wall interface plate (1.5mm galvanised sheet)
1/8" pop rivets
Rawlplugs
6 x 12x2" stainless steel self tapers
6 x m8 stainless steel washers

(ENCLOSURE)
1 x 4'x4'x1.0mm 304 stainless steel sheet
1/8" pop rivets
Silicone sealant
1/2" closed cell foam sound insulation
High temp spray glue
10mm mild steel bar
2 x m6 stainless steel button cap bolts
2 x m6 stainless steel washers
Plywood
Weldmesh

(INTAKE)
2.0mm 6 series aluminium sheet
Grab adhesive

(ELECTRICAL)
240v metal clad switched outlet with light (5Amp fuse)
Metal clad surface mount backbox
22mm (7/8") through hole rubber grommets
1.0mm twin & earth cable
Rawl plugs
Screws
Earth sleeving
Trunking
Cable ties

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Torin-sifan – Ddn200-180a Extractor

Sassda – Stainless Steel

Rivetwise – Pop (blind) rivets

MK Electric – Commercial / domestic

Thor – Hammers & mallets

knoba – workshop extractor – 2017.dxf

knoba – Metalwork mallets

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LIABILITY:
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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 throat LED

CAD stick-on templates, polycarbonate sheet & LED module

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Module detail, 240v ac in, 20w out

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All 8 holes drilled, cut out centre with fret saw/coping saw

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Machined with laminate trimmer (small router)

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All cleaned up. Lens (top), body (left) & module (right).

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Very slim profile, very bright.

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What’s in the CAD file…

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Materials:
1 x 75x50x10 mm (3"x2"x3/8") polycarbonate sheet
1 x 75x50x3 mm (3"x2"x1/8") polycarbonate sheet
4 x M3x20 mm (1/8"x3/4") pan head machine screws
2 x lengths 7/0.2mm insulted wire (to suit connection distance)
1 x length heat shrink (to suit connection distance)
1 x small cable tie

nb. plastic sheet was recycled from computer monitor diffusers

Note: 1Amp in line fuse on live side. Use dpdt if switched.

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knoba – Tool throat LED – 2018.dxf

Ebay – Smart IC Driver 20W LED COB 220V

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Spool winder unwinder

Takes many sized spools

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Wire holder & hex key holder

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Adjustable friction clutch

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What’s in the CAD file…

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Materials:
1 x 142x100x6 mm (5 5/8"x4"x1/4") plate/sheet mild steel
2 x 50x80x3 mm (2"x3 1/8"x1/8") plate/sheet mild steel
4 x m5x12 mm (3/16"x1/2") socket head bzp machine screws
4 x 12mm (1/2") o/d rubber stick on feet
2 x 25x30 mm (1"x1 1/4") nylon 6-6
3 x M6 (1/4") stainless steel penny washers
1 x M6 (1/4") felt, penny washer size
1 x M6 (1/4") conical spring
1 x M6 (1/4") thumb wheel
2 x M4 (3/16") grub screws
1 x M6 (1/4") circlip, or e-clip, or any other axial load shaft retainer
1 x 250x6 mm (10"x1/4") stainless steel bar
Some paint
& a handle (wood, metal, I used beads for jewellery)

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knoba – spool winder unwinder – 2018.dxf

knoba – thunb wheel jig

Rapid electronics – stick on rubber feet

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Bobbin spool keepers

Threads on bobbins, threads on spools, all very messy.

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stick is cut & lacquered, hair band is cut & wire wrapped at top of stick, bead is glued on, loop is made with small crimp in end of hair band.

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Neat.

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What’s in the CAD file…

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Materials (per unit):
1 x 100mm nail stick (hoofer)
1 x 12mm wooden bead
1 x elastic hair band
1 x 2mm i/d crimp (bead/electrical)
wrapping wire
pva glue
varnish/lacquer

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knoba – bobbin spool keeper – 2018.dxf

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Steel thumbscrews & jig

What I’m making: M8 wingbolt

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Made these tabs to weld onto bolt heads (details in CAD file below)

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Replacing these plastic ones (some have broken)

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Stock used in making a welding & alignment jig (to help make the wingbolts)

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Materials:
1 x 50x50x6 mm (2"x2"x1/4") flat section mild steel
2 x 50x25x3 mm (2"x1"x1/8") equal angle mild steel
1 x 100x14 mm (4"x9/16") hex bar mild steel

All pickled, de-smutted & deburred.
Jig copes with 6mm to 8mm (1/4" to 5/16") bolts

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8mm hole in centre (top side)

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Countersunk 90° included angle (underside)

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Marked all & drilled (8mm) holes in uprights

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Going to plug weld (MIG) through holes to base

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Using a wingbolt tab, as a spacer, wrapped in masking tape to add some clearance

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Welded

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Dressed with angle grinder flapwheel

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Marked and sliced through only the angle iron sections

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Cleaned up

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Nuts, bevelled, threaded & marked. From hex stock

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90° included angle

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Different threaded nuts

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Nuts hold the bolts in good contact & alignment

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Tabs are centre marked, drop in with good alignment, ready for welding

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What’s in the CAD file

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knoba – steel thumbscrews & jig – 2018.dxf

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3in1 metal working machine extras

Acquired a bare 3in1 metalwork machine (bends, cuts, rolls).

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Machine needed a sturdy base.

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Detail in the CAD file below

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Chassis finished.

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Made a shelf to catch cut sheet from perforated aluminium.

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Shelf being trialled.

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Machine on base.

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I make tool socks for my equipment.

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Elastic stitch, eyelet, nylon cord and plastic holder thing.

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Keeps tooling with the machine for adjustment / maintenance.

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I also make covers for my equipment. Poly cotton.

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Detail in the CAD file below

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Identical scales on both slip roll adjusters. Machined from ally.

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Stamped & levelled thread bottoms so both top settings match.

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Added a fence carrier to keep it with the machine.

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Ready for work, or storage.

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Materials:
1.5m x 50mm x 6mm f/s
6.0m x 50mm x 3mm shs
1m x 2mm x 12mm i/d chs
4 x castors
4 x M10 Bolts x 50mm
12 x M12 Bolts x 70mm
4 x M10 Washers
12 x M12 Washers
4 x M10 Square Weldnuts
12 x M12 Hex Weldnuts
8 x 50mm x 50mm Black Square Plastic End Caps
Paint, Direct to metal, light blue
Polycotton 2m x 1.1m 
Polyester Thread
2.5m Ball chain

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Clarke – SBR760 3 in 1 Sheet Metal Machine

knoba – 3in1 metal working machine stand – 2017.dxf

knoba – 3in1 metal working machine cover – 2017.dxf

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Oil pen

Oil in can.

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Old felt tip pen.

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Oil pen. Good for controlled oiling without dripping (hinges, clocks, etc.).

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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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Wood seasoning rack

North facing, sheltered from; light, heat, rain & infestation.

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Rack is made from recycled; forklift pallet, aluminium chairs, twin wall polycarbonate. 316 stainless wire (new). Ground below good for spalting.

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I make my own log sealer from old water based interior emulsion & PVA glue.

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Solder fume extractor mk3

Xmas present for a jeweller, it does need a new front grill making…

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120mm computer fan – 12vdc – Noise 40dB @ 60cm – Power 1.8w

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5.5 X 2.1mm dc connector, 240vac psu. Fan can be bench or shelf mounted.

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knoba – Solder Fume Extractor Mk1

knoba – Solder Fume Extractor Mk2

duckduckgo.com – carbon cooker hood cut to size

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Wooden cornices

Turned in the round, quartered, back relieved & carved.

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Home seasoned apple, linseed oiled & beeswaxed

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Wood database.com – Apple

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Tulip chair

Carved, sanded & treated Apple wood chair.

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Tulip… because of the shape of it.

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Carving ‘mostly’ with chainsaw

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Off cuts.

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Treated with boiled linseed oil.

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Just right for summer work

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Wood database.com – Apple

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Carved Tudor Rose

Butt jointed (no tongues or biscuits) well seasoned knotty pine

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Marking out guide for Rose design

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Starting in, must have tea…

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Fleshed out.

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Did not have the right carving gouges for this size work

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Stopped project to make some better size gouges…

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3 sepals left to go

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36″ o/d x 1.75″ thick. 120+ hours.

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Enjoyed those little sepals

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Boss in centre is for a light pattress (it’s a ceiling rose)

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Danish oiled then wire wool and waxed

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Turned magnetic Beech fixing covers

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On my ceiling, sub rosa

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Colron – Danish Oil, Wire wool & Finishing wax

Pfeil – Carving tools

knoba – Carved picture frame

knoba – Carving gouges

knoba – Gym mirror

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Rlc switches

Resistor, Capacitor & Inductor selector switches

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1p12t rotary switches, dupont clone connectors for breadboarding

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Link to cad file below

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knoba – Rlc switches – Facia – 2017.dxf

knoba – Electronics workbench

knoba – Breadboard Patch-leads & Peripherals

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Carving gouges

Started off with 6 rust pitted Firmers & a double bevel.

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5 straight flute carving gouges.

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Steel courtesy of; Addis, Ward & Payne, Record, Sorby, Belle, Brades (many thanks).

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Fishtail spoon gouge

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Required some re-forging, shaping, polishing, hardening, tempering, pickling, re-polishing & stropping

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Reverse bevel straight gouge

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From double bevel; (as with all others) required shaping, polishing, hardening, tempering, pickling, re-polishing & stropping

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Reverse bevel straight gouge for doing inside socket of mortise gauge (for example)

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Diamond hone for soles

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Newly turned handles and ferrules. Danish oiled & waxed.

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Shaped a slip stone for carving chisels including “V” gouges

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knoba – Tool tang drill bit

knoba – Spur drive

knoba – Head knives

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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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Chop saw mitre framing jig

Easy to make (ply & baton) checks accuracy of chopsaw 90° cut

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1 joint 1 cut, or, 2 joints 1 cut…

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Perfect.

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Link to CAD file below

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knoba – Chop Saw Mitre Framing Jig – 2017.dxf

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Carved picture frame

Inner panel was gifted to me, so made this frame for it…

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Frame is 13×12″, Sycamore maple, walnut oil & beeswax finish

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4mm Rosewood dowels in mitres. Carved in a celtic style.

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Wood-database.com – Sycamore Maple

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Font path listing bash script for xorg.conf

FreeBSD 11 here. knoba – XFontPaths.sh – 2016 (link below)

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Output file.

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File attributes (-rwxr-x—) “sh XFontPaths.sh” to execute.

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#!/bin/sh

ls -d /usr/local/share/fonts/*/ > ~/fontpath.txt;
sed -e 's/^/zFontPath "/' ~/fontpath.txt > ~/afontpath.txt;
tr 'z' '\t'  ~/bfontpath.txt;
sed -e "s|$|\"|" ~/bfontpath.txt > ~/xfontpath.txt


rm ~/fontpath.txt;
rm ~/afontpath.txt;
rm ~/bfontpath.txt;

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FreeBsd – Unix-like operating system

Debian – Linux operating system

GNU – Operating system & software

knoba – XFontPaths.sh – 2016

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Ac Power Supply

Aluminium frame pattern for recycled multitap transformer

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Transformer core shaping buck

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Frame made

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Donor psu…

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Ac system internals in

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240vac @ 50Hz in: 1, 3, 6, 9 & 12vac @ 50Hz out

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Illuminated the meter.

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New laminated fascia (cad file below)

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New laminated meter scale (cad file below)

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Schematics (Fritzing file below)

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knoba – Ac Power Supply – Fascia – 2016.dxf

knoba – Ac Power Supply – Meter Scale – 2016.dxf

knoba – Ac Power Supply – Schematic – 2016.fzz

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Test lead rack

Copper, brass, stainless, aluminium. It rotates.

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Aluminium top tray & forming buck

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Buck formed. Aluminium top tray formed

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Brass upper rack and shaping forms

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Complete assembly

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Machined & beaten copper bolt, tray, turned copper spacer

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Drive screws, machined & shaped brass rack piece

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Machined aluminium wheel, copper spiky things, brass & stainless tynes, copper nut, m6 grub screw

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Copper spiky things

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Assembled

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Upside down

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Fitted to my electronics bench

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Sumptuously disposed with test leads

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Tray carrying nik-naks & bits

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Cad file below

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knoba – Test Lead Rack – 2016.dxf

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Component tester

Aka: Octopus, Curve Tracer, Analog Signature Analyser…

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Made from recycled 240Vac “wall wart”.

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Breadboarding the I/V circuit.

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Breadboarding the internal 1A fuse and led indicator circuit

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240V:10v transformer source and internals.

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Measuring out internals and laying out facia

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Making fuse & indicator pcb

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Backside

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All pcbs made and fitted

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Made some test leads, facia done with inkjet printer and laminated

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Compact, no mains leads hanging around…

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BNC’s are 50ohm, 4mm bananas, female pin header.

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Working well… seen testing an LED

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knoba – component tester front panel – 2016.dxf

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knoba – component tester schematic – 2016.fzz

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knoba – component tester front panel – 2016.dxf

knoba – component tester schematic – 2016.fzz

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Bumping file

Bumping file for car bodywork, made from old straight file

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Double ended with reversible “plasti-dip” handle.

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Smoothed section in centre for index finger.

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Plasti-dip – Specialty coatings

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Box Spanner

46mm (across flats) low torque, box spanner, for restricted access on long threads.

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Welded bead around perimeter to add strength.

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Body is scaffold pole, 60% penetration on hex seam to avoid internal excess metal…

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Electric Guitar

20 year old incomplete project, found on freecycle.

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It finally has a voice and a lovely, unique, sound range.

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Fodic neck.

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I’ve done a lot to this guitar to get it up; hand beaten stainless steel jack port…

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Custom electrics; 3 x dpdt phase reversal switches, hi & lo tone controls.

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Non-magmetic 3 series stainless steel, all inlayed.

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New house guitar. Have some wood inlay to do & more wood carving.

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A first for me. Wood inlays (white oak)

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Switches are 3 position DPDT (down = out of phase, centre = off, up = on)

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304 stainless made from sheet

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Body is dark red meranti.

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Depth spotted with drill and chiselled flat, hide glued.

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Closing trim

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EMG – musical instrument pickups

knoba – Electric Guitar – 2017.dxf

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Arduino battery power supply

Simple power supply for stand-alone arduino.

Would have liked to make a battery enclosure that took 2 stacked batteries.

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Strip-board pcb.

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Male usb mini b connector raided from cable.

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knoba – arduino battery power supply – 2016.dxf (CAD file link below)

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Arduino – open-source electronics platform

Wiki – Open source

Energizer – Batteries

Digikey – Prototype Boards Perforated

knoba – arduino battery power supply – 2016.dxf

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Nogging master for arched wood roofs

Component parts overview…

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2″ by 2″ softwood, M8 coachbolts.

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Assembled.

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Folds up.

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Machined a nice thumb nut for it from aluminium.

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Nogging master measuring dwang geometry…

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Place on timber (3″ x 2″ here), mark & cut!

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Notes.
• Perlins can be continuous or split form.
• Saves time.
• Eliminates waste, cost & mistakes.
• Inexpensive & easy to make.

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*** Mk2 incorporates the “Plate Pilot” for accurate ‘birds mouths’ on the wall plate / 1st perlins nogging.

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Ford Window Winder Handles

Some ‘pimpier’ window winder handles for my van…

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Mostly made from 6 series aluminium.

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Machined, hardened & tempered home made broach for the splines…

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Original handle showing spline profiles.

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knoba – Ford Window Winder Handles – 2016.dxf (link below)

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skf – 5201 Double row angular contact ball bearings

knoba – Ford Window Winder Handles – 2016.dxf

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Ford transit mt75 gearbox quickchange

Original gear lever assembly

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Pin and spherical part (some chrome alloy) may have been brazed

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Welded & machined assembly adds an extra 20mm to the selector end

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Gearbox housing spacer cast and machined from aluminium

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Completed assembly reduces top-end throws from 6″, to 4″ ~ 33% reduction.

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knoba – metal casting furnace

knoba – ball turning fixture for lathe

Wiki – Lever

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Lunar ecplise 2015

Taken from Sussex (England) 28th September, 2015.

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knoba – lunar ecplise – 2015.zip

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Rivet sets & snaps

No go with any tool suppliers so got this chisel set off ebay…

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Annealed.

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Figuring out what I want and what can get away with. A set of Starrett radius gauges helped me figure out the radii for the tool grinding.

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Machined, stamped, hardened & tempered (to suit: 3/32″, 1/8″ & 5/32″ diameter shank rivets)

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Tried the “heat and hammer a ball bearing in” method, it just made a mess.

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Anvil end. 2 snaps (one used as a hold-up) & a set for each size.

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Jay Cee – Solid Round Head Rivet Specifications

Rivetking.com – Solid Rivet Design Considerations.pdf

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Knurling wheels

Using a single wheel knurler to copy and make knurling wheels from silver steel…

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Sawing off the wheels ready for facing and reaming

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Ready for hardening

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Cleaned up and waiting to be used…

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knoba – Knurling copier profiler

West Yorkshire Steel – Silver steel

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Leather strap cutter

For cutting stiff leathers into parallel strips (belts, straps,etc.)…

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Mostly made from Iroko & stainless steel.

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knoba – Leather strap cutter – 2015.dxf (link below)

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knoba – Leather strap cutter – 2015.dxf

knoba – Adjustable Dowel Jig

Wood Database – Iroko

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Knurling copier & profiler

Single wheel knurler; mild steel, high tensile steel, stainless steel & brass.

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Filed, drilled, reamed & bevelled. Captivated dowels & countersunk bolts.

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Lever stops the sacrificial nut & bolt from elongating the body…

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Used on a tool post, near the tailstock off a live centre, profiles, formers & patterns can be made from silver steel…

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knoba – Knurling Copier & Profiler – 2015.dxf (link below)

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knoba – Knurling Copier & Profiler – 2015.dxf

West Yorkshire Steel – Silver steel.pdf

Ebay.co.uk – Stainless Steel Dowel 3x12mm

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Welding turn table

Made from a garden table & a Haag-Streit Bern Keratometer

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The base unit already had a superb height adjustment mechanism…

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The lower platter can turn independently of the the top one, be removed or be used as a rest…

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It disassembles easily because it has to stay outside.

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Some lovely engineering and workmanship went into this…

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There was a lot of brass machining on this project

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Fortunately, I didn’t have to make the wire…

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Specifics & details all in the cad file…

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knoba – Welding turn table – 2015.dxf (link below)

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Haag-streit – Medical technology group

knoba – Welding turn table – 2015.dxf

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Toothed drive centre

Sprung loaded silver steel single point captivated by m4 grub screw

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Arbor machined to fit one of my 5c lathe collets

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knoba – Toothed drive centre – 2015.dxf (link below)

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knoba – Toothed drive centre – 2015.dxf

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Wood carving mallet

Made from stock; copper, holly & cherry…

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The wood database – European Cherry

The wood database – English Holly

Matweb – Copper datasheet

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Concrete post finials

Finished finial for these 4″ concrete posts…

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Metal brackets (the 3 shown in centre of picture) allow the finials to slide on

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Countersunk to accept screws into the wood on top

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Body was made more durable by gluing the wood perpendicular to each other

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B&Q – Wooden Post Cap

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Leather Strops

Made from ‘belt leather’ & oak with rubber feet for sharpening my leatherwork tools.

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Counter-bored recesses in oak base to secure these 6mm Ø x 3mm rubber feet.

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Wood carving strop also from ‘belt leather’ with shaped edges. Both are impregnated with aluminium oxide polishing compound.

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Rapid – Affix Self-Adhesive Black Rubber Feet

Wood Database – English Oak

Colron – Refined Finishing Wax

Abbey England – Leather supplies

Screwfix – Cutting Paste Bar 800g Grey

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Leather Edge Creaser

In stainless steel & brass, with beeswax finished silver birch handle…

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Tool is used for making a style line or stitching line…

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knoba – Leather Edge Creaser – 2015.dxf (link below)

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knoba – Leather Edge Creaser – 2015.dxf

The wood database – Silver Birch

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All CAD files are in dxf format, are free to download, use & are virus free. All links are genuine. I do not keep logs on anyone or anything. Make stuff…

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 Burnisher

In Iroko & brass, with polished waxed finish…

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Colron – Refined Finishing Wax

The wood database – Iroko

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Tig filler rod dispensers

Made from 50mm x 3m Waste pipe & 50mm Socket plugs.

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TIG trolley was specifically designed to use these tubes.

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BES – Water Waste Solvent Weld Pipe & Fittings

knoba – TIG trolley

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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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Plier Rack for electronics bench

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Upgraded: 25mm x 2mm self adhesive foam strips for tweezer base

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

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Perspex – Fluorescent Cast Acrylic Neptune Blue 7T97

knoba – Plier Rack – 2014.dxf

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Solder Assist

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Ebay – Solder assist <£+p&p

Metal Mania – Bright steel hexagon freecutting EN1A bar 5/16 A/F x 1000mm

Wiki – Steel grades

Hardinge UK – Lathes

3M – Convolute Deburring Wheels

Rapid – RVFM 2:1 Heat Shrinkable Sleeving

West Yorkshire Steel – 3mm Silver Steel Bar

knoba – Sealey SM5 Metal Bandsaw Mods

knoba – Bench Grinder Station

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Logitech QuickCam Pro 3000 USB telescope webcam

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Logitech – QuickCam Pro 3000

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Linux & Microchips Low pin count demo board

Microchip Low Pin Count Demo Board Tutorial series.

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Toolchain…

Programmer:               Pickit 2
Processor:                    PIC16F690-I/P
Build environment:   Gnu/Linux Debian Jessie 3.2.0-4-686
IDE:                                MplabX 1.95
Make:                            GNU Make 3.81
Assembler:                   MpasmWin 5.53
Linker:                           Mplink 4.51

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Assembly files (links below)

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knoba – LPCB – 01-v0.1.asm

knoba – LPCB – 01-v0.2.asm

knoba – LPCB – 01-v0.3.asm

knoba – LPCB – 02-v0.1.asm

knoba – LPCB – 02-v0.2.asm

knoba – LPCB – 02-v0.3.asm

knoba – LPCB – 03-v0.1.asm

knoba – LPCB – 03-v0.2.asm

knoba – LPCB – 04-v0.1.asm

Microchip – Home

Microchip – PIC16F690 Datasheet Pdf

Microchip – PicKit 2 Documents

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