If you are looking for the right tools for working with wood, I think you cannot ignore a jigsaw in your options. Jigsaw is a safe and easy-to-use tool that not only allows you to cut through a variety of materials from wood to ceramic but also can cut these materials flexibly with just a…
ToolGeeks website posting rules
Our hope is that this will bee a site with a happy, positive and open atmosphere but we need to have some rules: The site is for issues related to tools and handicraft, unless explicitly permitted You are solely responsible for the content that you publish on the site or transmit via the site If you are…
Renovating a vintage high speed bench drill
I recently got an old bench drill in bad need of care. It is a relatively small ASEA made bench drill with a 6mm (1/4″) chuck, a 300W two-speed motor and a two speed gearbox, givig a total of four speeds. The seller said it weighed about 40-50kg, but it was actually a good 72….…
About ToolGeeks.net
About the web site The idea with the site is to connect with others interested in handicrafts and tools. Enthusiastic tool users or more serious forms of geeks with obsessions like collecting, writing, exploring, constructing tools are very welcome too. I believe many or most people involved in working with their hands have a wide interest range so…
Tweaking a Proxxon IB/E mini drilling machine
The situation Some time ago I gave up on using a Dremel mini drilling machine. It’s one of those that take 3.18mm (1/8″) tools and has collets to hold the bits. I should have returned it when it was bought it because it was really quite bad right from the start. I do not know how many…
The story of a genius and craftsman who changed the world!
The problem In the 17:th and 18:th century, when Great Britain was building the empire and European colonialists where competing to conquer the world, there was one major problem in navigating ships; the lack of a method to find the longitude (east-west) position at sea. This led to uncertainties in navigation and cause the loss…
A summary of hand and bench machine tool holding collets sizes
(Draft, in progress) Collets and tool sizes for routers, drilling machines are a bit confusing at first but in reality there are not tat many to consider for the small workshop or DIY, unless you have specialized needs. Lets start with the small and work upwards. Cylindrical collets Dentists size; 2mm Dentist tools and dental…
The ToolGeeks site
It had to be done. This site was something I just had to create, to acknowledge my inner tool nerd. As a mechanical engineer, ex research engineer, ex welder, ex carpenter and house builder, ex kid from the countryside, there has always been tools around; hand tools, power tools, electronic measurement equipment of all kinds. Now…