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.

Spring Centre

The idea for this project came from projects in metal. It mounts in the tailstock and is used to align a tap with the headstock. I've found this to be extremely useful and well worth the effort of making.

The body of the spring centre was made from a blank MT2 arbor. It was drilled and reamed 12 mm and then cross-drilled 4.2 mm for an M5 screw using my Tailstock V-Adaptor. A 9 mm slot drill was then held in the lathe chuck and the flat was machined while the body was still in the v-adaptor. The plunger was made from some 12 mm silver steel with a 60° taper turned on one end. The slot was milled in the side with a 6 mm end mill using my milling block. The spring came from a spring and ring puzzle from a rather posh Christmas cracker.

The little screw in the bottom right of the picture is turned from an M10 button-head screw. I've found that with a few of the MT2 taper tools I have, the tailstock ram jams into the back of the taper tool rather than ejecting the tool. I made a bunch of these headless screws for the taper tools and they prevent this jamming from occurring. In hindsight, it would probably have been easier to use grub screws and some thread-lock!

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