Dr Al's Miscellany
This site contains some projects I've worked on along with a selection of utilities and notes that I have written and thought might be useful to others.
There's a full list of the pages on this site here.
What's New
- Pencil Case in the style of a Japanese Toolbox: added 2nd November 2024
- Screwdrivers: added 27th October 2024
- Heat Treatment Oven build log: added 6th May 2024
- Garden Table build log: added 6th May 2024
- Shelf Unit build log: added 6th May 2024
- Block Plane for Travel Tool Chest: added 28th April 2024
- Woodturning Lathe: added 1st April 2024
- Woodturning Lathe build log: added 8th February 2024
- Combined Tool Chest & Workbench: added 3rd December 2023
- Metric Plough Plane Blades: added 3rd December 2023
- Tea Caddy: added 3rd December 2023
- Sliding Lid Box: added 3rd December 2023
- Some dovetailed boxes: added 3rd December 2023
- Kerfing Saw Mk2: added 3rd December 2023
- Router Plane: added 3rd December 2023
- Dovetail Saw Guides: added 3rd December 2023
- Two Part Soft Jaws: added 3rd December 2023
- Filing Machine: added 3rd December 2023
- Woodwork calculators: added 5th August 2023
- Digraph Symbol Entry Tool: added 6th January 2023
- Numbered Wheel Generator: added 23rd December 2022
- ARPCalc (RPN Calculator): added 25th November 2022
- 3D Printing section of site: added 25th November 2022
- Dog Hole Tail Vice: added 12th November 2022
- Peg Looms: added 12th November 2022
- Inkle Loom: added 12th November 2022
- Bandsaw Dust Collector: added 11th November 2022
- Shooting Handle: added 11th November 2022
- Shooting Board Mk2: added 11th November 2022
- Simple Unit Converter: added 11th November 2022
- Kumiko Box: added 28th August 2022
- Cordless Vacuum Starter: added 27th February 2022
- Flange Nut dimensions: added 7th January 2022
- Chain Drilling Jig: added 7th November 2021
- Ebay Seller Blacklist: added 4th November 2021
- Table Saw Trolley Mk2: added 31st October 2021
- End-Grain Chopping Board: added 31st October 2021
- Ball Turning Attachment: added 31st October 2021
- Chunky Planter Build Log: started 1st October 2021
- Weighted Base Box Build Log: started 4th September 2021
- Slow-Speed Grinder: added 3rd July 2021
- Gear Calculator / Generator: added 13th June 2021
- Table Saw Guard Mount: added 24th May 2021
- Bar clamps: completed clamp page published 21st May 2021
- Bar clamps: build log started 3rd May 2021
- Fair weather bench: added 3rd May 2021
- A shelf for temporary storage: added 3rd May 2021
- Large new section of site: woodwork: added 5th April 2021
- Tool Holder Storage Update: added 5th April 2021
- Dividing Head Calculator: added 21st March 2020
- Retractable Scriber: added 14th March 2020
- Bandsaw: new section of the site added 28th February 2020
- Tap Drill Calculator: added 1st February 2020
- Welding Control Switch: added 26th January 2020
- Cutting Speed Calculator: added 25th January 2020
- Z-Axis Locking Screw: added 19th January 2020
- Sheet Metal Bender: updated with arm storage 11th January 2020
- Tungsten Holder: added 6th January 2020
- Welder's Third Hand: added 31st December 2019
- Sheet Metal Bender: added 30th December 2019
- Machinist's Jack: added 29th December 2019
- ER32 Slide Hammer: added 29th December 2019
- Cantilever Clamps: added 28th December 2019
- Metalwork introduction page: new (downloadable) entry in books list (Presto Counsellor): added 22nd December 2019
- Gas Cylinder Spanner: added 22nd December 2019
- Restoring an Old Bench Vice: added 21st December 2019
- Welding Arm Support: added 20th December 2019
- ER40 MT4.5 Collet Chuck: added 15th December 2019
- Metalwork Data pages (several): added 15th December 2019
- Translating Nonsense: added 3rd November 2019
- Thread Data Table: added 3rd October 2019
- Adjustable Dresser: added 15th September 2019
- Miscellanouse metalwork section (with four new projects): added 10th September 2019
- New GPS Route Planner: added 21st September 2018
- Pantograph: added 19th August 2018
- Harrison M250 pages (several): added 12th August 2018
- M250 Change Gear Calculator: added 12th August 2018
- Thread Dial Indicator Calculator: added 12th August 2018
- Fly Wheel Cutter: added 11th August 2018
- Spring Calculator: added 3rd July 2018
- Milling Machine End Stop: added 4th March 2018
- Grinder Dust Collection: added 4th March 2018
- Grinding Rest: added 4th March 2018
- Mini-Lathe Chuck Spiders: added 4th March 2018
- Mill Power Feed Mk2: added 4th March 2018
- Grub Screw Holders: added to small mods page 4th March 2018
- Spindle DRO: added 21st November 2017
- Knurling Calculator: added 18th October 2016
- Three-Wire Thread Measurement Calculator: added 14th September 2016
- Tool Holder Storage: added 3rd April 2016
- New Tangential Tool Holder: added 3rd April 2016
- New Quick Change Tool Post: added 3rd April 2016
- DTI Mount: added 28th March 2016
- Table Protection: added 28th March 2016
- Dog Clutch: added 10th May 2015
- Threading Banjo: added 10th May 2015
- Workshop pages: initial publication 31st January 2015
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