Home
- What's New: home page and list of updates to this site.
- Site Index: a list of all of the page on this site.

Vim Scripts
- TagHighlight: highlighting of typedefs, #defines, enumerated names etc in Vim.
- EasyColour: colour schemes made easy!
- Bandit Colour Scheme: a colour scheme for Vim.

Metalwork
- Introduction: an introduction to the metalworking pages on my website.
- My Workshop: some information about my metalworking workshop.
- Mini-Lathe: improvements and tooling for my mini-lathe.
- SX3 Milling Machine: improvements and tooling for my milling machine.
- Harrison M250: improvements and tooling for my Harrison M250.
- Grinder: improvements and tooling for my bench grinder.
- Bandsaw: improvements and tooling for my bandsaw.
- Welding: projects related to welding.
- Miscellaneous: metalworking-related stuff that doesn't fit elsewhere.
- Metalwork Calculators: a selection of on-line calculators related to metalworking.
- Metalwork Data: some useful data for metalworking projects.

Woodwork
- Introduction: an introduction to the woodworking pages on my website.
- My Workshop: some information about my woodworking workshop.
- Hand Tools: hand tools and accessories that I've made.
- Power Tool Accessories: power tool accessories that I've made.
- Benches: benches that I've made.
- Furniture: furniture that I've made.
- Boxes: boxes that I've made.
- Outdoor Projects: outdoor projects I've done.
- Other Projects: woodwork projects that don't fit into the other categories.

3D Printing

Software
- ARPCalc: a powerful reverse polish calculator.
- Digraph: a simple tool to make symbol entry easier when typing.

Useful Tools and Notes
- Google Maps to GPX: a tool to create route plans for your GPS with Google Maps.
- GEMF Format: a format for efficiently storing map tiles for use off-line on smart phones with FAT32 or similar file systems.
- Ebay Seller Blacklist: a browser plug-in to allow you to blacklist bad ebay sellers.

Mini-Lathe Chuck Spiders

These chuck spiders allow me to hold very thin parts in the three- and four-jaw chuck. They are another example of tools that I've made by making use of the work 3D printer. Having said that, I've since changed job so that's a facility that's no longer available to me. In principle, the spiders could just as easily be laser cut as it's a 2D profile, but you'd need to find a laser cutter that could cut very thick material or have a stack of thinner parts.

The parts were modelled using the free online 3D CAD application Onshape. This is a very easy-to-use, yet powerful CAD tool that allows a parametric model to be built and parameters early in the design (such as the thickness of the chuck teeth, or the number of jaws) can be tweaked as required without having to redraw the design from scratch. This enabled me to create a single model and (by tweaking parameters) generate two output files - one for each chuck.

The photos above show the spiders in place on the chuck. The part being held in the three-jaw chuck was put there just for the photo, but hopefully it gives an idea of how it helps mount parts on relatively short sections of material and still have them parallel to the back face.

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