Home Shop Made Tools

[RobWilson]

(08-14-2015, 12:21 PM)Kennyv Wrote: Nice  work Rob Btw  im  new here so have never seen your work .. absolutely gorgeous . Pure craftsmanship......if I can   ask are ya still working and can what do ya do for a living ?
Also what type of surface  finish are you putting on the tools blasting /etching .  can ya briefly explain the process . Very nice
thanks

Hi and thanks Kenny , 

Yes still working unfortunately ,still got 20 years to do (just a young lad )  ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I am a florist LOL ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, narh just joking  at present  I repair material handling and access equipment , forklifts, cranes and cherry pickers that sort of gear . 

As for surface finish ,,,,,,,,,, anything from oh natural , plating , anodizing  and other oxide coatings   , I do like messing with electro chemistry and the tooling shown previous have just been used as test beds to see how things work/stand the test of time . Anyway way to big of a subject to be discussed in  this thread , maybe in a separate thread . 


   May as well add the instrument makers vices to the post ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,even though they have been seen before .

 





OH natural finish 



Cheers Rob