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I'm sure that most of you have seen the http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/index.html Internet Craftmanship Museum site, but for those of you who haven't, take a look... there is a lot of mindblowing stuff there like.. http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/jordan.htm - minature machines...

After struggling taking micrometer readings of small parts for some time now, I got around to making a micrometer stand. The brass base is an old door knob that I rescued from a dumpster and the wood base came from an old bed slat scrounged from another dumpster. The base is finished with...

My old vice soft jaws were looking a bit worse for wear so it was time to replace. I was over at a mate’s shed the other week and spied his soft jaws and decided to copy them. Started with 10mm x 25mm aluminium stock, milled out 2.5mm deep cutout into rear of jaws, leaving a 2mm lip on the top...

Hi, I'm considering bidding on a Bridgeport mill http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/220964877194 that's on eBay. The mill is missing part of the mechanism for the quill feed (overload clutch mechanism?). I'm not that familiar with Bridgeports but maybe interested in buying the mill if it can still be...

Hi, I've been slowly progressing with my Webster build for a several months now and I'm up to the stage where it gets a bit more challenging, the valve gear. This is my first engine build and I'm learning heaps from reading others' posts here on HMEM. My build is a little different as I'm...

Hi, my name is Simon... I am a tool-a-holic. I've been lurking and posting the odd message for over a year now and I thought it about time to introduce myself. I live in Canberra (Australia's capital) and my interests include both metalwork and woodwork, but lately it seems more machining work...