Machinist projects

Machinist ’s Hammer. I don’t know a single machinist that hasn’t made one of these. The actual design varies by school, but they all look essentially the same. I modified the design of the one I made over a decade ago based on things I wasn’t crazy about. For example, this one has flats on the handle.

Vise stops are very useful, and very common, as they will get nearly daily use in a lot of shops. Here we will be building one that quickly clamps to the back jaw. It can be done with basic shop tools and makes a great apprentice project.

Most of these projects are in web page html format. Just click on the picture or link to access the project. Some are in Acrobat pdf format, while others may be downloaded in zip format.

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Popular Woodworking Magazine guides and inspires you on your journey to becoming a better. We have projects for beginners and techniques from the masters. The degree of difficulty ranges from basic projects selected for the beginner to more advanced projects for the experienced machinist. Wood lathes are great for furniture making, and metal lathes are used all the time in machining. Most all my machining projects have been geared to small machines.

Currently, I have Taig lathe and milling machines, but have had Sherline (and others) in the past. Both good machines for their intended purposes. DISCLAIMER: The author of this site is not a professional machinist. He is a retired television broadcasting engineer who enjoys metal machining as a hobby.

Hints or suggestions given here are to be taken as the viewpoints of a hobbyist, often discovered by trial and error, rather than hard and fast rules of the machining industry. Dusty is a hobbyist and machinist who enjoys building cannons and working on other projects around the shop. Cut knurling, a small dividing hea a motor belt mod for the minilathe and a quick change turret with toolholders set for the minilathe.

Projects by John Manhardt. Cross Slide Stop by Ralph Patterson. Plans of a very useful cross slide stop. A new project from Ralph Patterson.

Archimedes Screw Exploration from High Hill Education is a simple project using a plastic bottle that showcases how this invention made hundreds of years ago was able to move material. You can also benefit when Cogfrenzy is a visitor in Rustbolt, which means all construction projects are active making your life easier. Back to MAIN, Home.

Please bear with me. This current format is getting very crowded and there is a long way to go! I will be moving some projects onto separate pages and leaving the shortest simple projects here and an index of links.

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