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#1 ·
Repairing an old "Craftsman", heavy duty belt sander.

This guy I do woodworking jobs for, now and then has a machining project that needs to be done, in this case it was his main belt sander, he uses all the time, was need in repair.

It had an unbearable amount of vibration, and he asked if I could take a look at it, and see what can be done.

Once I showed him the problem, I suggested a repair I could do for it, using my hobby benchtop machineshop tools, and he agreed to it.

It was a weekend project, friday and part of saturday.

Video part 1
is the problem revealed and the solution to fix it, and the start of diisaembling the sander to get to the motor shaft


video part 2
is mainly the drawing up on my drafting board the parts that need to be made, including a fixture, and the actual part for repair.


video part 3
is where I',m making the alignment fixture that will be used along the repair and assembly of the machined part.


video part 4
is the machining of the new part that will replace the broken one in the sander.


video part 5
in this video I'm using the shaft fixture I made earlier, to align the fan cage and the bearing flange part on the lathe to temporarily glue in place , then start setting up my rotary table, and aligning the whole fan assembly on the table, getting ready to drill the rivet holes.


video part 6
in this video I have the rivet holes drilled, then I rivet everything together to finish the part into a complete squirrel cage fan, then install it back on the sander and run it to check for any excess vibration.
 
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#2 ·
woodworking bandsaw repair

Hi everyone, here is another homeshop machining project, used for woodworking.

I'm doing a machining project, repairing my benchtop bandsaw, the factory belt cog wheel rotted out, and broke off the bottom blade wheel.

Its made from some kind of resin plastic.

I'm making a new one made from aluminum bar stock.

here is the link to the series.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyNw71EW69pb2R6EISk7-FgIc0YtYJFE5

Have fun in the shop…
 
#3 ·
making the maple solid wood handles

I've been building my own plunge router base from scratch for my bosch colt palm router, Ive finished all the machining of the mechanical and metal parts, and now I'm starting the woodworking part of this project, I'm making the main handles and the tightening knobs from maple solid wood.

This video I'm making from scratch the main grab handles, and shaping to final contours and attaching to the base.



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#4 ·
demonstration of shop made plunge base

Hello, I've been working on my plunge router base, for my bosch colt palm router, and it is now completed.

here is a quick 4 min. demo. of it being used in making a plunge groove in a piece of stock.



Also:

here is some pics of the completed project.

Wood Table Gas Hardwood Machine


Sewing machine Microscope Scientific instrument Creative arts Household appliance accessory


Wood Tool Gas Cylinder Hardwood


Table Wood Audio equipment Gas Hardwood


Automotive tire Wheel Tire Wood Rim


Pneumatic tool Drill Wood Sewing Handheld power drill


This was all made from scrap material, and the main cylinder, is made from some 3" aluminum round bar I have in my metal bin, so nothing was purchased for this project, just stuff I already had available to use in my shop.

Have fun in the shop…
 

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#5 ·
demonstration of shop made plunge base

Hello, I've been working on my plunge router base, for my bosch colt palm router, and it is now completed.

here is a quick 4 min. demo. of it being used in making a plunge groove in a piece of stock.



Also:

here is some pics of the completed project.

Wood Table Gas Hardwood Machine


Sewing machine Microscope Scientific instrument Creative arts Household appliance accessory


Wood Tool Gas Cylinder Hardwood


Table Wood Audio equipment Gas Hardwood


Automotive tire Wheel Tire Wood Rim


Pneumatic tool Drill Wood Sewing Handheld power drill


This was all made from scrap material, and the main cylinder, is made from some 3" aluminum round bar I have in my metal bin, so nothing was purchased for this project, just stuff I already had available to use in my shop.

Have fun in the shop…
Really nice router base
 

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#7 ·
some workshop aids for clamping and guaging

Hi guys,

While I was waiting for lumber to come in, to continue working on a present job, I decided to take the time in my basement machineshop to design and protobuild some woodworking shop aids.

This is what I came up with.
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Clamping guage:



and a real favorite of mine, jigging brackets for my bar clamps,
at the time of this video, I only made one, but after that I made a total of 4 all together.

jigging bracket for bar clamps:



Have fun in the shop.
 
#8 ·
veritas "bench anchors" my shopmade version.

Hi everyone, I needed some of those veritas bench anchors, for my woodworking bench, so using my hobby machine tools I went to work building my version of there design for these bench anchors.

Here is the video.


have fun in the shop.
 
#9 ·
modifying my harbor freight workbench vise and adding clamping capability.

I am making some clamping brackets that work like the jerguson style bar clamp brackets, to be used on my woodworking bench, I can't use the already made jerguson clamp adjustable bracket, because it will interfere with the benchtop that I want to use it on, so I made my own style of clamp brackets.



have fun in the shop…
 
#10 ·
converting a cordless screwdriver into a cordless drill.

Converting my harbor freight cordless screwdriver into a cordless drill, machining a set of collets and a collet adaptor, to hold regular drill bits of small sizes, for doing pilot hole drill work.

Here is the video build of it.



enjoy.
 
#15 ·
moulding cutter form tool made from a chisel

The form tool is an old chisel, with the bead details machined into it.

This is a machining video, I'm restoring an old piece of furniture, and the moulding on top needs to be replaced, so I needed to make a form cutter to match the original moulding, its two beads side by side inset into a piece of one inch wide by 7/8 inch high piece of walnut.



have fun in the shop.
 
#16 ·
one piece router template guide fabrication

My 1970's craftsman router template guide bushing broke, I never knew it was 2 pieces spot welded together, it finally broke under use, so I decided it is time to fab. out my own version and make it a one piece unit.

Here is the machining video



Have fun in the shop.
 
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