Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Gargoyle Mailbox

I've moved to a new web site:

Academy of Lagado at https://sites.google.com/site/lagadoacademy/home

Blogger is nice, but I have found it too limiting for what I would like to do, so I have moved to Google Sites instead. All of the information found on this blog has been copied to the above web site, together with new information.




A mailbox and post assembled from garden statuary.






Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Radius/Ball Turning Tool - Building the tool

I've moved to a new web site:

Academy of Lagado at https://sites.google.com/site/lagadoacademy/home

Blogger is nice, but I have found it too limiting for what I would like to do, so I have moved to Google Sites instead. All of the information found on this blog has been copied to the above web site, together with new information.

Radius/Ball Turning Tool - Building the tool

In this post I will show how to build a lathe tool for turning spheres (balls) and other curved surfaces, and provide links to measured drawings.

 

 

 

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Radius/Ball Turning Tool - No Mill Required

I've moved to a new web site:

Academy of Lagado at https://sites.google.com/site/lagadoacademy/home

Blogger is nice, but I have found it too limiting for what I would like to do, so I have moved to Google Sites instead. All of the information found on this blog has been copied to the above web site, together with new information.

Radius/Ball Turning Tool - No Mill Required

This post discusses a tool for turning spheres (balls) and other curved surfaces on a lathe. A key feature of this tool is that it can be made without the use of a mill. 

 

 

Sunday, July 15, 2012

Machinist's Chest Restoration

I've moved to a new web site:

Academy of Lagado at https://sites.google.com/site/lagadoacademy/home

Blogger is nice, but I have found it too limiting for what I would like to do, so I have moved to Google Sites instead. All of the information found on this blog has been copied to the above web site, together with new information.

Machinist's Chest Restoration


An old machinist chest is repaired and restored.