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In the meantime, I can help you out!

Gladly! I don't need much. If you have already done any kind of hand sketch in order to visualise it, that will be enough. Simple text descriptions also work. Even photographs of things with main dimensions noted. Once a first pass model and drawings are made, it's then pretty easy for the...

Thank you! It's a Grizzly. The same machine can be had through Jet, Northern Tool and the usual import machine sellers. It is OK, but like a lot of the really CHEAP stuff needs attention to make it actually work correctly, so be prepared for that. I wish I had purchased a bigger one and will...

Thank you. I am very happy with it. Buying a new toolroom quality lathe was a big decision and quite a stretch, but I am very glad I did. I have done some hefty work on it and it is very capable, with excellent consistency, good rigidity and so on.

Great build! ✌️🥂🥓

Curving bits of metal sheet to closely fit onto things can be awkward - but by using a technique known as “bumping” in full scale sheet metal shops, this is fairly readily achieved. In these two vidros I demonstrate laying out a flat sheet metal part and then closely forming it to fit a machined...

Here’s a little video I put together of a simple way to hold quick change toolholders. These are a very simple sheetmetal bracket. If anyone is interested in details I can provide a drawing for the bracket.

I will gladly export files to any format already supported by Solidworks. It is a "save as" to do that. Step (.stp) is the most common. In that situation, the client would still get the native solidworks files as well. The main point I was trying to get across is that the client will own the...

Hello and Greetings. The model engineering and home fabricator / machinist community is a highly skilled set of people. Many of you have designed tools, engines, fixtures and the like. Plenty of people at home have CAD, some do not. I offer professional drafting services to industry, and would...

Ah - thank you! I just came to that conclusion but had to spend a bit of time going through the book to be sure!

It's great to have the setup and "behind the scenes" video.

I will look in more detail in the one I picked up. I didn't see any obvious sign of that - I was just stoked to get my hands on a copy at last. But I will check - haven't had much time to go through it. But I sense an hour or so in my easy chair in the shop coming up tomorrow, leisurely...

I picked up a copy directly from the gentleman who is helping with the republishing while at the Indiana Model Engine show. I thanked him for his services in getting this done - no small feat and much appreciated. Work is underway on the third one also.

It was a really excellent show. the Indiana guys did a wonderful job, and this show really has a good chance of going from strength to strength and getting bigger. Excellent display of craftsmanship, and a very good attendance by vendors. Gary Martin of Martin model gave a fantastic talk on...

Roll on Spring. Hang in there Bentwings, only8 or so months to better weather.

Today, I are been mostly doing woodworking. Ran out of welding gas which was annoying. So I did some woodworking. Trying to get this bench seat finished so that I can get back to engines.

I did some welding. I won’t claim to be good at it, but I sure enjoyed it.

Thanks for the heads up - it’s all new to me!

That's a life rule for sure - always support your hooker!

Well as to code - the one you don't like, although I did actively follow the university Rugby League team during my time there oh-so-long ago, and what a great time that was. For benches, I make mine in a very utilitarian way, and same kind of approach as yours to be honest. No fancy...