Sail Delmarva

 Small radius curves, like the Wheel thimbles and small pulleys are turned using a form tool; a chisel ground to the desired profile. But wi...

    Just a few of the projects: Lathe-related ·          Shim or re-fit all lathe control handles. They were sloppy. ·          Cross sl...

 I should have done this 20 years ago.  I was surfing the net on a business trip and came across a super simple table for a portable band sa...

 The barrel and hardware were phosphate conversion (Parkerized) treated. This protects against rust and also provides a more authentic color...

 Most machining projects have been practical. Time for something impractical.  This started out as a rough 1-inch iron bar t6hat I found rus...

 One of the first things I did when I got my lathe was begin sifting though stores of old machinist's tools that I had inherited, throug...

2-1-2025 2-7-2025 I revised this a week later to list some second layers stuff that isn't primary but that is hard to accomplish much wi...

rev. 1-12-2025, rev. 1-17-2025 I'm kind of a shop junky. I use my tools a lot, but yes, by normal standards I'm not the average cred...