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Boys and Girls,                                                                                                       This blog is about drilling t...

Boys and Girls,                                                                                                       Another one of Murphy’s relat...

Under the guise of 'sharp fixes everything,' I went after the cutters with a vengeance after the first couple of blog installments to ensure the an...

An Overview [Image] Welcome to Part One of a short blog series that is a hands-on presentation of the Stanley #444 Dovetail Tongue and Groove Pla...

On the drawing there is a small bit showing how the mill is situated [Image] So i will try to recreated that. First by laying it out on a sheet o...

To prevent debris from getting into the screw, there is a weed and trash screen in front of the screw. [Image] There's also some sheet pile to pr...

This time a simple part: the main spindle of the mill [Image] Just a square piece of oak [Image] Adding some stopped chamfers [Image] Using a...

Next on my worklist is the "schroefbak". It's the part where the screw is placed in. On the drawing this is made of concrete. [Image] The mill is...

The screw's main baring is what's next on the to-do list. [Image] In the real world the main baring is usually made of stone, But occasionally it...

The lower part of this mill is cladded in wood. I want the cladding to be removable so i can access the inner works and also to be able to show wha...

[Image] To prevent the mill from blowing over it is anchored to the concrete foundations. In my model i'm not using any concrete and this windmil...

The "Stoelbalk" and the "wervel" are the parts on which the main spindle rests. The wervel is made so it can be moved to fine tune the running of t...