Home
- What's New: home page and list of updates to this site.
- Site Index: a list of all of the page on this site.

Vim Scripts
- TagHighlight: highlighting of typedefs, #defines, enumerated names etc in Vim.
- EasyColour: colour schemes made easy!
- Bandit Colour Scheme: a colour scheme for Vim.

Metalwork
- Introduction: an introduction to the metalworking pages on my website.
- My Workshop: some information about my metalworking workshop.
- Mini-Lathe: improvements and tooling for my mini-lathe.
- SX3 Milling Machine: improvements and tooling for my milling machine.
- Harrison M250: improvements and tooling for my Harrison M250.
- Grinder: improvements and tooling for my bench grinder.
- Bandsaw: improvements and tooling for my bandsaw.
- Welding: projects related to welding.
- Miscellaneous: metalworking-related stuff that doesn't fit elsewhere.
- Metalwork Calculators: a selection of on-line calculators related to metalworking.
- Metalwork Data: some useful data for metalworking projects.

Woodwork
- Introduction: an introduction to the woodworking pages on my website.
- My Workshop: some information about my woodworking workshop.
- Hand Tools: hand tools and accessories that I've made.
- Power Tools & Accessories: power tool accessories that I've made.
- Benches: benches that I've made.
- Furniture: furniture that I've made.
- Boxes: boxes that I've made.
- Outdoor Projects: outdoor projects I've done.
- Other Projects: woodwork projects that don't fit into the other categories.
- Woodwork Calculators: a selection of on-line calculators related to woodwork.

3D Printing

Software
- ARPCalc: a powerful reverse polish calculator.
- Digraph: a simple tool to make symbol entry easier when typing.

Useful Tools and Notes
- Google Maps to GPX: a tool to create route plans for your GPS with Google Maps.
- GEMF Format: a format for efficiently storing map tiles for use off-line on smart phones with FAT32 or similar file systems.
- Ebay Seller Blacklist: a browser plug-in to allow you to blacklist bad ebay sellers.

45° Angle Block

This simple angle block is used to simplify cutting mitres on the bandsaw. It is made from three off-cuts of 20 mm × 20 mm × 2 mm box section steel and a short length of 18 mm diameter EN1A held in place with an M8 cap screw and an 18 mm diameter washer. The welded joint nearest the cylinder of EN1A is the only critical angle. This was welded very carefully to ensure that it is at exactly 45°. The other corners are simply there to provide structure.

This shows how the angle reference is used. The steel cylinder fits into the slot for the moving vice jaw and prevents the angle reference from moving to the left. The fixed bandsaw jaw is left at 90° to the saw blade and the moving jaw is allowed to rotate to 45°. This is much quicker than adjusting the fixed jaw to 45° and then back to 90° when mitre joints are being made.

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