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.

Pattern Weights

A few days before my other half's birthday, she casually mentioned that it would be nice if I made her some "pattern weights" for sewing (for holding down the pattern while marking out). They basically needed to be some lumps of metal or other heavy stuff, somewhere in the 70–100 gram region. She emphasised that she didn't expect me to make them in time for her birthday, but I thought it was worth a go anyway as they're not a complicated thing to make.

Rather than just making what are essentially slices of round bar, I decided to give them some very rounded edges and drill a hole through the middle. That hole meant that I could also make a stand for them out of some walnut & stainless steel. It was nice to have an excuse to get the lathe up and running again as it had been a while since I had a project that needed that much turning.

These two photos show how the stand is constructed. Hopefully it is reasonably self-explanatory!

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