workshop diary and unreasonable things
The motivation of this is that I found myself answering the same questions on youtube and facebook over and over again. Lots of people are quite interested in the mixture of the epoxy resin, what resin to use and how
A cnc mill I wanted to build now for quite a while – guess it’s for more then a decade now. Lately I found a bit more time to waste on pet projects, so I finally went for it. The
I’ve put a bit of work in the space around the handle bar. I bought a fancy small speedometer, with analog RPM display, shift flash and basically all the needed control lights included. A small piece of sheet aluminum, which
I like to use the jig saw upside down in a parallel vice. That’s really handy for (almost) precise non straight cuts. The problem with smaller pieces was, that the window around the saw blade in the base plate is
Because I’d like to die with all my fingers on my hands, I made this clamp. It can be connected to the sled of the circular saw and it holds especially small pieces in position when cutting. It’s also good
The electric for the XS750 is almost there. At least all the parts that are necessary to run the engine. After playing with the thought of using some fancy minimalistic push button solution at the handle bar and a micro
A scale for a parallel stop is something I’ve planned for a while now. Almost a year ago I bought this steel ruler for this purpose. But I was never really sure how to mount it. It’s got to be
After the problem with a broken bearing, my little saw is running fine again. When everything was in pieces anyway, I readjusted the whole thing and made a connection for the hover to collect the dust. I should have done
After one and a half year of use my little saw starts to make some trouble. I had the feeling for a while, there is something wrong. While cutting the number of revolutions haven’t been stable anymore. The saw turned slower, then
I made this little clutch holding tool, after searching the internet for solutions to get the clutch out of the engine. Not exactly happy with it. I should have used some more of those metal plates. The single one has left