Following a recent visit with Harriet to install a house front for her friend Flo I had the chance to play with a Proxxon DB250 mini lathe. It was so much fun, and so useful for turning miniatures that I had to have one of my own. Having bought it with a matching set of Proxxon chisels I decided to make a box case for it to have a self contained workstation. Continue reading “Proxxon Lathe Workstation”
Category: Tool of the day
Tool chat, reviews, and thoughts about tools I am using.
Hi, I’m Alfred and I’m a….
…winchaholic!
Today I played with my latest winch purchase.
A ‘saw’ point..
…With me is that I recently bought a bare DeWalt DW 936 circular saw from EBay and converted it to use Bosch 18V Li batteries. It was a good saw, on the whole, just needing new brushes and a the battery conversion to become a useful tool again. Continue reading “A ‘saw’ point..”
A big stacking tool box…
…Finally made it into my working life!
Following on from my post about needing a new tool box, I finally bought one. I looked at quite a few from various big tool brands and decided, on both price and usefulness, to go with a Magnusson branded stacking trolley box from B&Q. There was an offer to buy a set of three stacking components for £92.00 keeping it all below my £100 budget. Continue reading “A big stacking tool box…”