forstner vs. aluminium
The circular saw is up again
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
time laps – rejetting the carbs
a few more steps
Did a few more steps the last days. Finally I put the cylinder head back on the engine. Procrastinated quite a bit with that. I was not sure if I took care of the orientation of the piston rings, so
doing small steps with the xs
but at least in the right direction
biscuit joining with a router – video
Here’s a short video, showing the modified router in action.
Converting a plunge router to a simple biscuit joiner
From time to time I’m doing a bit of wood working in my garage. Only a bit, and not very often. I totally love biscuit joints. The result is always super accurate and it’s more or less fast to do.
protective vice jaws the cheap way
For a couple of years now I’ve used two old pieces of aluminum extrudes as protective vice jaws for the parallel vice. I was never getting the point to spend money for some commercial ones, as long as a piece
jar storage for small things in the shop
Slowly I am getting a bit better organized. Put some jars to store screws. Somehow it feels like I spend more time with getting the shop done then actually working on the bike.
Relocated
Last weekend I moved the workshop (and myself) to its new location. It’s a little smaller but finally a bit more of a permanent nature. Finally a bit more light on the workbench