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How to Make a Foot-Powered Lathe, Stainless Steel Hinges from Scratch, an Angle Grinder Cut-Off Jig and More

Emergency Foot Powered Lathe

During his Hurricane Matthew evacuation exile, Izzy Swan made another emergency machine: A no-power required, foot-powered lathe that he can then use to build other things. In keeping with the emergency spirit, he builds it primarily using hand tools:

Stainless Hinges

Here Jimmy DiResta fabricates custom hardware, creating a beefy set of stainless steel hinges from scratch. Check out the drill trick he uses when cutting the tubes at the saw.

Angle Grinder Cut-Off Jig

Anytime I hear Matthias Wandel say, “I have to warn you, I haven’t actually tried this thing yet, so I have no idea what’s going to happen,” he’s got my attention. Here he rigs up a jig to use his angle grinder to cut metal at an angle:

Coat Hook Shelf

Another from Wandel, as he builds a coat hook shelf with angled dowels. Check out the jig he creates to help him drill the angles consistently:

Wooden Recycling Bin

As Frank Howarth builds a recycling bin, you can really see his design training in carrying over motifs, and as always he puts plenty of forethought into his construction process:

One-Day Clock Build Off: April

April Wilkerson, Jay Bates and Nick Ferry all tackle individual clock builds in Nick’s shop. For material, April goes with spalted maple:

One-Day Clock Build Off: Jay

Jay Bates starts his off with a modern design, then switches it up halfway:

One-Day Clock Build Off: Nick

Nick Ferry goes with curly maple and a wraparound design. (At the end of the vid, you get to see the punch-drunk trio clowning around during a long day in the shop.)

FastCap’s Power Mag

Ron Paulk gives a quick demo of FastCap’s Power Mag, which makes keeping screws at hand easy:


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