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Japanese saws and templates resting during a workshop I convened to produce furniture for future publics, part of What Happens to Us a project that examines democracy as a system of community formation
​Communities don’t just happen, they’re made.
Curated by Marsha Bradfield and Amy McDonnell
At this month's Open MAKE: Tools event, visitors were invited to explore their own creativity with our four Featured Makers from around the Bay Area, who shared their art, ingenuity, and techniques.
Guests made needle-felted creatures with Moxie, created three-dimensional shapes by sewing sheets of fabric together with Judy Castro, fused plastic with clothes irons, used sewing needles and conductive thread to make circuits embedded in bracelets and badges, and used motors and other tools to take Light Painting to a whole new level.
Photo by Gayle Laird
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Here are some of our garden tools right where I left them when I finished moving the vegetable mini-garden a couple weeks ago ... in my youth I was repeatedly reminded that people who don't pick up their things and put them away are not on the path for getting to heaven ... so don't be looking for me there, apparently.
Heavy weight denim tool belt with velcro loop, elastic hammer loop, and pouch. Hammer, screwdriver, wrench, and saw made from vintage & thrifted denim and corduroy.
Hot Rod Fuller fires up his top fuel dragster in the pits while his crew members are at the ready. If you've never been to an NHRA race you have to go and watch them fire up the nitro cars in the pits. You'll never forget it trust me.
Here's a series of freewheel diagrams printed with the instructions for the Bike Nashbar Sprocket Tool in 1982 - a pair of chain whips. Pac Man going strong on the label.
Camera: Chamonix 45n-1
Lens: Nikon 210mm f/5.6 Nikkor-W
Film: Ilford FP4+ @ ISO 64
Exposure: 1/4 sec @ f5.6
Date: April 12, 2014
Identifier: lf_2014-04-12_005
A few antique Iron & Wood Garden Tools displayed in the roof rafters of the National Trust Shop at Lytes Cary Manor in Somerset. (A Hoe, A Scythe and a Sickle)
Last time we had a look at our lathe, a 1947 Hercus 9A, we could only share not much more than a picture of it due to our internet being down.
Now is a chance to revisit it in greater detail.
An in-depth history of Hercus can be read here (www.lathes.co.uk/hercus/ go down to "early Hercus 9-inch lathes"), but in short our lathe was made in the 1947 by Australian company Hercus as a direct copy of the American-made South Bend lathe. It features a quick change gearbox that enables screw thread cutting, plus power feed in both directions.
Quang tracked down this lathe on Gumtree late last year. A quick inspection and test run later, it came to our house in pieces with the assistance of our riding buddy Paul.
A week's worth of degreasing and cleaning of all the old grease, oil and swarf from the parts, then putting it back together with the help of the original manual for a South Bend lathe (which aforementioned the Hercus was a copy of) provided from fellow frame builder Ed Garnett meant the lathe was almost back in running order.
The next step was to replace the drive belts, and order a quick-change tool post with a couple of tool holders from the UK. A small collection of different cutting tools and inserts grew from a number of Chinese eBay sellers.
Here and there, we acquired more tailstock attachments: a dead center, a live center, drill chuck, bull nose, collet chuck. In addition to that, a number of 3-jaw chucks (standard and reverse jaws) and a Burnerd KC10 Multisize collet chuck were part of the collection.
Some modifications were made to the lathe itself for more reliable use. We swapped the motor for the one from our reaming and facing machine as it was more powerful and reliably Australian made despite its age.
We also attached a steel sheet to the rear of the tray to catch swarf, and the upper edge also served as a rack to house a row of chuck keys and the aforementioned tailstock attachments.
Quang machined a variety of new parts to replace the original, worn out bits such as the counter shaft and bushes. Most recently, he made a new cross slide nut to remove a large amount of backlash whilst operating the cross slide. Visual inspection of the original nut showed the ACME threads to have worn so much that it became triangular threads with lots of play between the nut and handwheel threads!
The lathe has made some useful parts for us so far: the handles for the hand wheels on the updated head tube and seat tube jigs, and some headset spacers (coming tomorrow!)
It has also proved quite handy in frame preparation and finishing, as seen on the Kenevans rebuild whereby the chuck was used to hold the bottom bracket shell for facing. It also has been able to ream and face the head tube of a couple of frames.
In the future, we will be using it for tubing preparation, plus turning down fork crowns.
I reworked this with Lightroom and was able to make it come up quite nicely. Shot in late 2006 at Wembley Arena, London, UK
Wenger Tools
We have the pleasure of being able to sell some of the old models of tools and pocket knives from Wenger.
Many of these models are no longer in trade, but we have purchased an old batch brand new tools and knives, witch we sell at fair prices.
see all the models here:
www.thegoodstuffshop.dk/group.asp?group=4204
Spread the word - and make a good deal
. . . kniv-per . . .
forward in life
These are tools used to turn, usually subterranean, water valves. The one on the right was in my garage when I bought the house in 1995. No telling how old it actually is.
I never knew what it was until my roommate bought the one on the left to turn off the water.
Even the new water meters have the same shutoff mechanism.
Tools and hacked parts
Workshop: "Meet the Arduino Microcontroller"
Museum Computer Network
MCN conference, Atlanta
November 2011
everydaymay.etsy.com
This fabulous and cute tool and garden belt features two large divided pockets for storing nails and screws. Three belt loops will hold a hammer, wrench, and screwdriver.
The pockets and loops are perfect for storing seeds, a trowel, and more for gardening adventures in the springtime!
The toddler tool belt fits children from 24 months to 6 years old.
In February 2011, I caught up with Danish urban artist Morten Andersen in his studio in Berlin.
For more about Morten and photos of other urban artists in action, visit www.urbanart-photography.eu
Weekly Alphabet Challenge, Week 34, H is for Hairdresser
Tools of my daily hair routine. This special brush was recommended by my hairdresser :-) However last time I got an appointment she told me hairbrushing is now out of the question for curly hair ...
The O2
London, UK
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