I have a lot of photography and videography gear that uses AA batteries. I prefer AAs over the built in Lithium batteries a lot of gear comes with now, because you can get them anywhere and they can be shared across devices. I’ve owned a lot of different AA battery holders/containers over the years, but […]
3D printing common 60° V thread profiles can be a frustrating experience. To generate an accurate profile thread needs to be printed in the vertical position, but this leads to overhangs of 60°, and that can be problematic to print. How problematic it is depends on a few factors, the filament in use, the print […]
I can’t believe it, but it’s been almost a year since I published a video. Dad life has really kept me busy lately, but i’ve started to find more time to play in the shop. last weekend I was able to sneak out into the shop and make this video about a topic that I […]
In this video I show the maching of a simple aluminum adapter. The adapter will allow me to mount A Tentacle Sync E timecode generator to any cameras hot shoe. The Tentacle Sync E comes with Velcro hooks built into it’s body. It’s designed to be mounted to the cameras and camera gear with sticky […]
I recently purchased an excellent SmallRig cage for my Panasonic GH5, But the screw used to attach the camera to it didn’t live up to my expectations. Thus like any other home shop machinist, I made a custom one. The video shows how I took a standard button head cap screw and modified it to […]
My latest weekend woodworking project, was to turn an Osage Orange pencil holder to jazz up the office. Now all I have to do is wait for the wood to age to the color I want.
A quick little project to replace a jig I’ve been using for years. Reference: BoringBarGrindingJig.pdf
I’ve been experimenting with rust bluing for a little while, but haven’t been able to achieve the results that I know are possible. After a decent amount of research I came to the conclusion that I was not removing the loose rust that forms during the bluing process properly, and that is why I was […]
A mill stop is one of those simple things that really comes in handy when you need to make multiple of the same part. I’ve used everything form the little tiny ones that clamp to the vise jaws, to Kant Twist clamps. While almost anything will work, sometimes you have a work piece that is […]
A video that I’ve made slowly over the last few months, that shows the making of a custom birdcage awl.
As I explain in the video, The lathe operations required to make the body of the dresser are more difficult than are probably needed, but it was a fun exercise in maintaining concentricity between features. The milling operations were strait forward and quick to complete. After initial testing I was pleasantly surprised to find that […]
One of the things about my lathe that has always made me feel a little iffy was the QCTP stud. From the factory, it was a very anemic M8, that I’ve broken several times over the years. While taking some heavy cuts during a recent project, it looked almost as if the tool was tipping […]
The handles on my mill, have been slowly getting squeaker and squeaker over the last year or so. About 2 weeks back, I had become so fed up with the situation that I decided to design some new and hopefully quieter handles. My requirements in order of priority were as follows: as quiet as possible […]
One of the issues with using a DSLR to shoot video, is that to get really good audio you need a few accessories. Those accessories can get unwieldy at times, so most people get a cage to mount their camera in and their accessories to. I personally don’t like cages, because they don’t allow you […]
When I started making YouTube videos regularly last year I really wanted to deliver in 4k, but my 2010 vintage computer (custom build), wasn’t up to the task. Thus, in July of last year i set out to rectify that issue. The Machine I came up with was able to burn through 4k content, with […]
On Sunday I knocked out another one of my long overdue projects. The Handle for my burnisher, was poorly designed, so I finally replace it with one that feels better in my hand. I made the handle from 100+ year old apple that had been harvested from a Michigan orchard. As I mention in the […]
This started out as what i though would be a long custom build, but because of a design flaw in my original project I took a completely different direction to save time and Money. In the video, I show how to rig up some simple articulating camera arms for use in the workshop. In a […]
One of the many benefits of having tools, is being able to fix something you broke. I’m usually pretty careful with my tools but the other night i knocked one of my Noga bases of the bench and broke the head. Since replacement heads are fairly expensive, I fixed the old one last night.
