What Will Makes

Category: Miscellaneous

  • My Toolbox [general tools] (and thoughts about tool storage)

    My Toolbox [general tools] (and thoughts about tool storage)

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    Here is an older video I made about my toolbox for general tools. I was playing around with editing, and made the video to just sort of practice video-making… but I do think the design is nifty! The mechanism is not as smooth as I hoped it would be, but it works well-enough. The trays…

  • Electrical Toolbox

    Electrical Toolbox

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    I made this toolbox in the summer of 2019 when I was working a lot on the wiring of my automaton. All these tools belong together and needed a neat little home! The main factor in design was how to accommodate the soldering iron/station. I landed on a central cavity with a recess below that…

  • Hand Tools Toolbox

    Hand Tools Toolbox

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    I have outgrown my tool roll so decided to make a dedicated toolbox for the main hand tools I use for repairing clocks. This is one post in a series about my various homemade toolboxes: so if that’s your thing, strap in! Those are all the tools I want to store and have easy access…

  • Watchmakers Lathe Toolbox

    Watchmakers Lathe Toolbox

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    I recently bought this lovely watchmakers lathe (and various attachments!) from a kind and generous man named Ray. Thanks again, Ray! Such a nice machine deserves a proper case. Here’s the lathe – an 8mm Marshall, which I set up for left-handed use – various chucks, collets, gravers, and the foot pedal. I started by…

  • Scoping Out Optical Encoders

    Scoping Out Optical Encoders

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    While electrons are undeniably cool, we humans sadly cannot see electrons and all the cool things electronic components do : ( Enter: the Oscilloscope (in my case, from stage left: the 80’s) In a previous post I harvested some parts from inkjet printers, including the sensors that record the positions of the motors/gantries. Let’s see…

  • Harvesting Broken Inkjet Printers

    Harvesting Broken Inkjet Printers

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    The same thing that causes printers to break so often makes them worthwhile to take apart: complex mechanisms with moving parts. I scored 3 printers at a dump recently and decided to record their yield. Cracking them open can be dangerous given all the ink. Engineers at HP and Brother still have not figured out…

  • Tool Roll

    Tool Roll

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    I made a simple tool roll out of some nice green canvas, to hold files and hammers. First I laid out the tools to get a rough idea of the size. Next I did some measuring and cut the piece to length. I then ironed, folded, and pinned it in place to prepare for sewing.…