Coffee Table Apr10

Coffee Table

Steel tube, reclaimed wood, rubber feet.

Soft jaws

Last time around I made these parts on a vacuum fixture but due to the small surface area (and maybe the slot for the o-ring being slightly too deep) I had marginal clamping force which led to low feed rates. I have a bunch of these parts to make so I wanted easy secure clamping. The parts...

Flag day

New flag for the shop. Annin has been making flags in the US since...

Coil spring diameter

Coil spring diameter is hard to measure with calipers but easy to measure with a surface plate and height...

Rack mount FDNY radi...

Radio panels that fits in standard 19″ rack. 7U height. Engraved and painted test. I like the volume knob symbol showing the machining marks. It looks nice painted as well. 5″ deep custom back box to mount radio...