Category Archives: Projects

Memory Lane, 21st September 2022: Who isn’t a fan of prisms?

My wife had been muttering for a while about the fans we have in our bedrooms not being sufficiently high to be effective. And to be fair she was right. She’d balanced them on some cardboard boxes, but they weren’t … Continue reading

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Table saw alignment gauge complete!

At last, after a lot of changes of design for the 3d-printed mount, I have the entire thing assembled. The glue is taking a while to go off, so I’ll leave it overnight before testing it out.

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Ok, ok, so I said I wasn’t going to do it

But yesterday when looking for suitable bolts etc. to finish off the dial gauge project I found some 6mm plastic threaded knobs that I could use instead of nuts for locking the mount onto the carrier. Unfortunately to use them … Continue reading

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Success!

My last 3D-printed bracket gits my dial gauge! It’s a lovely snug fit for mine and there’s no chance of the gauge moving during use, though the channel for the probe is actually not as high as it ideally ought … Continue reading

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Memory Lane, 27th August 2022: Sweets for my sweet, warmer for my honey

Years ago I had an uncontrolled warming cabinet made from a 40W incandescent light bulb inside an old chest freezer, but I decided that the time had come to speak of many things replace it with something better. So, off … Continue reading

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Well, that’s exceptionally irritating

My modified design for the dial gauge mount: And the final print, which is considerably better than the previous one, thanks to my discovery that the X axis belt had become very slack. Looks much better. Only whilst the design … Continue reading

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Dial gauge mount fail

I was hoping to post a new version of my dial gauge mount for checking the table saw blade is square to the T-slots today, but yesterday I developed a nasty case of the lurgy and thanks to lack of … Continue reading

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Memory Lane, 24th August 2022: It’s a jig, Jim, but not as we know it

Cut a man some wood and he’ll start IKEA, give a man a tablesaw and there’ll not be a tree in sight within six months. As the saying goes. Easy-peasy one this, but it makes life so simple. I must … Continue reading

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Dial gauge mount printed

Well, I’m not too impressed with the print quality, but here it is. There are a number of issues that need correcting: The centre section is too big The hole in the base is too small The offset cut-out in … Continue reading

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First design for dial gauge mount

After a quick bit of messing about in FreeCAD, here it is. I’ll try to get it printed out in the morning and see how it fits.

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