Category Archives: General engineering posts

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New facility for the workshop – a 3d Printer/cnc router/miller/engraver

Posted on 25 January, 2012 by Mike Freeman

If you want to know more visit my 3D printer website For the last few weeks I have been concentrating on building a 3d Printer kit. During this time I have learn’t a lot about soldering and electonics (in a … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year to all my Readers

Posted on 4 January, 2012 by Mike Freeman

Just a brief note to wish you all a happy new year. I will be reviewing 2011 soon and hope 2012 will be better for time spent in the workshop! Fingers, knees and toes crossed!

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Well I finished off the prototype part today – good job its just a prototype though

Posted on 4 December, 2011 by Mike Freeman

I finished off the part I promised to make for someone and its a good job its just prototype, because I did not account well enough for a skim finish to loose he  4 jaw chuck marks. However it should … Continue reading →

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Its been a while but I am back to metal bashing!

Posted on 3 December, 2011 by Mike Freeman

Well since the last set of spinal injections I have been able to get back into the workshops, but the priority was a woodwork project for my granddaughter, Freya namely a kitchen! As soon as that was finished (last week) … Continue reading →

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The future – 3D printing! I have just bought a SUMPOD kit to build my own printer.

Posted on 7 September, 2011 by Mike Freeman

Whilst frustratingly (been 3 or 4 months now!) laid up and not able to get back to either my metal workshop or the relatively new (and separate wooden shed ‘wood’ workshop)I have been researching 3D printing and I must admit … Continue reading →

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Steve Huck’s engine he designed and built himself now runs!

Posted on 4 September, 2011 by Mike Freeman

Whilst I may be laid up and unable to work its nice to see someone being successful! Steve Huck (who helped me with the camshaft calculations and cutting chart) has now finished one of his engines. Its nice to see … Continue reading →

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Lathe tidied then a small wood chuck bar turned up

Posted on 1 June, 2011 by Mike Freeman

  Well I decided to give the lathe a good sort out after the Seal crankshaft. So I replaced the face plate with the three jaw chuck which allowed me to replace a tightening bar I snapped the end off … Continue reading →

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Seal Crankshaft – next stage is profiling

Posted on 30 May, 2011 by Mike Freeman

Well I managed to turn all the journals to size without a major mistake (so far!) and only have the profiling to do on the milling machine. I did check the journals on the granite block and was pleased that … Continue reading →

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Faulty DRO replaced but not a simple plug and play!

Posted on 12 May, 2011 by Mike Freeman

  After buying a DRO unit to replace one that came originally with my lathe some 5 years ago I had some issues getting it to work. First of all I was buying one from Singapore that advertised it as … Continue reading →

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