DIY Lathe #2: The better base!

Hey guys! Taking advantage of the long weekend here in Canada, (so this was last weekend) I made a better base for my dremel. I was taking it apart to see why it was squeaking (trapped sawdust) when the idea hit me – drill the existing screw holes all the way through the body, and get a longer screw to hold the dremel together (like the old screws) and hold the dremel to the base. Well, I didn’t have a screw quite that long and thin, but I did have some short screws of the correct diameter. So I screwed them into the dremel, through a piece of pine ~1/8 thick. I then drilled/chiseled out space for the screw heads in the base, and glued the ~1/8 thick piece of wood to my previous base. This is now one sturdy dremel! Some pictures may clarify that…

A picture of screwheads and holes for them, highlighted for your viewing pleasure. The black stuff is paint, which I (over liberally) smeared on the tops of the screwheads to mark their position, so I can press them into the to-be-drilled board, to leave an imprint, so I know where to drill. I didn’t work perfectly, and I ended up chiseling that one hole.

As a side note…

The evolution of my clamp setup. By the time I finished, the need for the clamps was minimal, as the glue had already set! Lol.

This is what it looks like now

And from the top

That rag on the dremel is my safety glass ‘case’, strategically positioned to minimize dust infiltration into the dremel.

Turnings to be showcased in next entry! :) (But you did get a peak in that last photo :)

Cheers,
Marcel

P.S – I still need a source of pen kits with cheap mailing! Anyone? Anyone at all?