Definitely a unique "Proton multi-tool" ! ; )

Thanks for taking the time to explain this Simon, takes me back to Physics lessons 40+ years ago !

Nice jig! I have made a similar thin rip jig.

I like your simple designs. They are practical and thrifty, reusing leftover wood. In my retirement, I like to do woodworking also.

Nice. Great innovation. You know tinkering very well...

Wow..brilliant Excellent craftsmanship. Barely read one...love to built one. Keep a tinkering

Great video. Hope you're showing the whole build. Shorts should get 100's of reviews. Keep a tinkering.

Great build Simon! I've built a few custom pc cases myself, though never a portable. I think this is really cool. As a computer scientist and woodworker this was a fascinating combination of interests to me.

Thanks for the update Simon, it seems to be having the desired effect, as you say hopefully mores with time, but the main thing is that they are safe and secure !

If you want to print these radius gauges you can get them here www.thingiverse.com/thing:6799475

The weak point is the thread on the aluminum that the riser adjustment blot rides in, too many adjustments over time may screw up the threads, it’s probably soft aluminum

Hello, thank you! Very good and informative video. I have never used a lathe, but I want to buy one soon. I have checked the shop where you bought the lathe, it seems to be a more trusted shop than many others. The downside is that the shipping from UK to Finland is probobly very expensive... Greetings from Finland😉

I love it! i'd be interested in your connection diagrams and a more in depth explanation of the electronics and why you chose them.

Thanks for the vid mate. Is everything still hunky-dory with the lathe and do you consider it a good buy?

I like your vibe, Simon. Keep tinkerin'

Looks like a platen on a printing press.

I am not only think that this idea was a fantastic idea, I think it ended up turning out very beautiful too

The cutouts in the magnetic strip could do with the sharp corners cutting off and filing smooth.

Why didn't you put it together first, try it out with your router and then comment. Sorry, but you look silly.

Thoroughly enjoy this video Simon, very interesting. Thank you.

Thanks Simon, that was an interesting project concept, don't apologise that it wasn't all woodworking, you made it interesting despite some limited techy language and although I'm unlikely to build anything similar it was an enjoyable watch. Without going down a rabbit hole it would be interesting to see a short demonstration of the unit in use and the various functions it can perform. Your disappointment with yourself over the cracked screen felt very familiar, we've all been there, accidents happen, you were much more measured in your response than I would have managed ! Isn't it amazing how nice some bog-standard re-purposed ply.can come up with just.s little Danish oil although it's probably better than what you'd get today from the DIY store tbh !

Very cool, it came out great.

You want to take some care around Partridges - you never know where they’ve been….

Please drop the 'H' in assume... there was never a silent 'H' in the word to start with lol

Thank you for sharing your process I am go going to attempt to make my first tool

NO SPRINGS NEEDED! Unfortunately, you created the need for springs when you enlarged that hole for the height adjustment screw. I have the exact same router lift. The design is such that the height adjustment screw gets sandwiched between the router plate and the bottom of the lift, eliminating the need for gravity. The head of the height adjustment screw is not supposed to go through the hole in the plate. It is supposed to stay under the plate and the only thing that goes through the hole is the hex key to adjust the height of the router. The top of the height adjustment screw is supposed to be touching the underside of the router plate. There is a set screw on the very bottom that allows you to adjust the height of the height adjustment screw. Proper installation is as follows: 1) Loosen the set screw on the bottom so the socket head is well below the ends of the linear bearing shafts 2) Attach the lift onto the router plate without enlarging the hole for the height adjustment screw 3) Adjust the set screw on the bottom until the top of the height adjustment screw is slightly pressing on the bottom of the router plate. Too loose and it will slide up and down when in use. Too tight and it will flex the plate and it will no longer be flat. 4) Enjoy! The procedure above will sandwich the router height adjustment screw between the bottom of the router plate and the top of the set screw on the very bottom of the lift. It will prevent the router from bouncing up and down, which also caused your inconsistent groove depth on your test piece. Ideally, you would put the socket head cap screw in a drill, drill press or lathe and run a file or stone over the top of the socket head to make it smoother to prevent it from eating into the bottom of the router plate. For as cheap as this thing is, it works amazingly well. Other mods: 1) Machine a bushing that allows a thrust washer to take the place of the socket head hitting the underside of the router plate. This requires a metal lathe to machine an adapter. A 6mm x 19mm x 2mm thrust washer is ideal. If I could post a drawing for the bushing here, I would. 2a) Mild thread locker on the 4 screws that tighten the grip on the router is also recommended. For me, the router holding method is the biggest flaw. The design allows it to loosen over time, or bend the screws because they are pretty tiny for that much lateral force. ...OR... 2b) After a little bit of use, I got rid of those pesky little screws that clamp down on the router. I ended up modifying the lift so I could use a hose clamp to keep the motor in place. There are 2 red plates that hold the router. On the side opposite the height adjustment screw, I installed two shoulder screws through the red plates that gave my hose clamp something to clamp the motor to. No more loose or bent screws! Shoulder screws had 6mm x 25mm shoulder with M5-0.8 thread Temu.com, banggood.com and amazon all have this router lift and multiple styles of router plates. The lift is designed to use 65mm diameter router motors, which includes the majority of 800 watt trim routers on the market. Using your savvy shopping skills you can have a complete router table for under $100 USD, including router plate with fence and miter gauge (both laughable), router lift, router motor, some router bits, and some Baltic birch plywood for the table and a box-joint jig! If you have a metal lathe, throw in the thrust washer and adapter mentioned above. The worst part is all the comments about needing springs and a locking mechanism. I didn't need either of them. The largest bit I use is a 3/4" straight bit for cutting box joints in 3/4" wood/plywood, so I don't get any flex either.

Полезный вариант хранения инструмента.

Great job Simon and good use of your printer too, they look spot on… 👍🏻 Could the printer actually print the radius of each guage as it is produced?… 🤷🏼‍♂️

Good example of thinking outside the box. Just gett'n the drift of CAD..it'd be the kool'st to have a 3D printer. Keep a tinkering..thanks

Very good video as always. Have you heard of a ‘Ticking Stick’ this is a very useful tool for figuring out awkward shape layouts as well. Keep up the good work.

Thanks Simon, good idea, I thought for a moment you'd turned the gauge on the lathe, you certainly got a good fit so they proved their worth !

Mine arrived at 2pm today. Thankfully the truck could get round to my garage & use his fork lift to put the pallet in the middle of the garage floor. I managed to get everything out of the packaging, assembled & stood up ready for setting up in a couple of hours - not bad for someone who will be 67 in 8 weeks. 😁 Fiddliest part was assembling the base & fitting the table but no major grief. The supplied blade isn't much cop for my intended use - resawing timber & small logs, so I'll be ordering a couple of 3tpi blades later. Going to do all the squaring & aligning tomorrow.

It will never fit and it shouldn’t. The clam shell case has a larger side and a smaller side

just keep in original condition, getting good function is main point!

Hey tinkerer.. I have a case about that size. I use it for my multimeters. I usually try to make my tools fit the box I got. It would be nice to make custom case to fit exactly the tools I need when I need them for what I need them for. My stick welding tools are all kept together in a cardboard box same with my soldering tools. Just a cardboard box. As I say a custom case would be nice. Keep a tinkering....

Have you had a chance to see if the veneers have flattened at all? The veneers I've used have always been stored loose and, while they've never gotten worse, I'd quite like to make them flatter. Thanks for the video.

As a cyberdeck fan, I want to see this finished! Though you could upgrade to a Pi5.

i just got one of those lifts, pretty crappy compared to my jessem stuff. two issues, first the router is not held rigidly enough and moves such that it's out of square, secondly, the router slowly lowers while in use as vibration is causing the lifting screw to rotate. useless piece of junk in my opinion

That is quite excellent work! I just saw another video suggesting that one might stash a microSD card inside the stock scales, and I think I like the idea of doing that for files that change seldomly. I assume you attached your scales with a dab of silicone adhesive or similar rather than using a plastic snap that would wear out so that you could replace that CR1220? In the United States we have a company called CountyComm which sells overruns of mostly government contract items. They used to sell a thing called the SO-LED which was literally a white LED with legs cut to specific different lengths and a pair of stacked CR2016 batteries. A plastic switch would control whether one of these batteries was offset (to avoid completing the circuit) or not, and the switch was also its own spring and locking mechanism. It's probably been years since they sold these things, but I still have a couple floating around because they're so simple and so useful. Of course you can get more flashlight in that size or not much bigger, but those SO-LEDs were brain dead simple, and I have a box full of LEDs and batteries if I needed to replace either with nothing but a screwdriver and a small wire cutter.

Brilliant. I'm in the US with a -042 type 2 Plus Medallion which is in great working shape and now 30 years old. It was just another tool for decades but now I've come to love that thing. I'm in the midst of replacing the water damaged tops with proper plywood and adding the lost middle plank, but you've gone miles beyond that! Thanks for the interesting ideas to add to mine as well.

Hi Simon, count me in, I'm a bit of a computer nerd too :-)

Brilliant! I have several Raspberry Pis doing various things around the house and am always interested in seeing what other folks use them for. Thanks for sharing!

Yes, I'd be very interested to see it! I've been thinking of trying something similar.

Thanks Simon, it's an interesting idea and you've certainly packed in the functionality !

Looks like my old LENVO (IBM) T130. All the bells n whistles and plugs, even a CD player. I'm still using it.

Do it. I've never heard of one of these but I have similiar files backed up for emergency preparedness so I assume that is the point.

Very cool project!

For sure, I love reusing materials. Thanks for sharing!