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-> His Dad, wasn't a #ToolMaker (according to sources) in FACT, #RodneyStarmer "actually owned the toolmaking factory!"

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the "#son of the #toolmaker" is fast becoming a #tRump #loving #laughingstock...

#Labourfail... #westminsterfail... #USofAfail

Präzision auch bei Werkstücken in XXXXL.

CNC-Lohnfertigung auf der Portalfräsmaschine.

#cnczerspanung #cncfertigung #cncbearbeitung #cncdrehen #cncmachining #cncprofi #zerspanungsmechaniker #zerspanungstechnik #toolgrinding #manualmachinist
#manualmachining #feinmechanik #feinmechaniker #zerspanung #cnc #toolmaker #machining
#engineering #machinetools #toolmaking

Handcrafted/honed locksport tools (3/3):
(for @alice and others)

See alts for deets.

#locksport
#maker
#diy
#toolmaker

The bejeweled nails again showing off close inspection details of TOKs. This one, an ex-IKEA black hex-wrench (front view), was an earlier attempt at keyway "biting", with horizontal instead of vertically aligned teeth. See other posts for more alt details. This is a lot.

Side view of the black ex-IKEA hex wrench TOK tool. It's strong natural tensioning use bend of 90 degrees is a perfect fit for a TOK tensioner. The horizontal teeth are visible as shadowed lines at the top.

Close up pic of an early, but beloved, TOK prototype made from a used bright orange hacksaw blade. "THE FROHMAN" is engraved into it, starkly shining silver from the utility hazard-suit orange. It is a double-sided TOK tensioner. One side standard stepping and keyway entry hold, the other, likely my first experiment in adding serrated teeth to such a tool. It is vaguely reminiscent of a crowbar... Next to it is the black ex-IKEA tool, and another that has a Phillips-head screwdriver in a warm golden finish - I'm all about multitools.

Handcrafted/honed locksport tools (2/3):
(for @alice and others)
See alts for deets.

One pic had to be dropped from this set. I may repost it once adjusted. I am too paranoid to allow my partials to be shown publicly in HD.

#locksport
#maker
#diy
#toolmaker

Close up of The Locust (see prior post) showing the second grip feature of this TOK - the keyway grip. Apart from slipping with my fingers on tensioners, I found that after a *long* session, especially with a challenging lock, I would *just* get it all set, and the resulting jolt would loosen the barrel enough to shake my tensioner loose and I would lose everything. This feature uses serrated "teeth" to bite into the keyway's often soft brass or other metal, and never let go while you're working.

Close up of the serrated regions in the handle of The Locust. You'll notice that the edge of the tool is serrated. This doesn't serve a purpose in the picking part of the tool. It's just always handy to have a serrated knife with you for many situations. This tool was crafted from a heavy stainless steel dinnerset knife. The finger-facing serrations on the flat side intentionally "catch" your fingers print peaks. It feels lovely - and gives a strong confidence of grip while maintaining tension strength.

My pretty pink and red bejeweled nail thumb and forefinger holding up an IKEA hex-key repurposed as a TOK tool. Note the tailored 90 degree notch out of it to allow the tensioner to enter the keyway enough to be useful without touching pins, while also affirming the flat angle at the front (to prevent slippage).

Handcrafted/honed locksport tools (1/3):
(for @alice and others)

This is my personal kit of surreptitious entry tools. It is not exhaustive, as I started when I was a teen.... well... before that too... but anyway - this is my latest iteration of personal lock-opening tools. It began as a cheap kit from eBay, which I honed with many grades of quality paper and hand tools, but I quickly found areas in which the tools could be improved, and I love tailoring and making my own things, so here they are... (details in alt).

#locksport
#maker
#diy
#toolmaker

A close up of my TOK tensioners. I found early on that I preferred TOK (Top Of Keyway) as a tensioning method, as it allowed me to become more comfortable and feel less restricted in my wrists and hands. I didn't have any decent TOKs at the time, so I started making my own. Again, much trial and error. The prominently featured one in front is my crowning jewel of experimentation and TOK tinkering: The Locust. Shaped intentionally like the leg of a savage crop-rending insect, The Locust is a tensioner designed with grip in mind. If you've ever tried to remove a locust or any kind of beetle from your clothes or fingers, you'll understand. The flat side of the tensioner where finger(s) go is serrated, and the edges are intentionally sharp. Not so that they will cut the user, but so that the whorls and loops of their fingerprint or glove material will not slip while applying a steady tension to the barrel. There is another closeup in which I will note the other grip feature of this one. Behind this majestic beast are other TOK tools - many made out of excess IKEA hex-key wrenches (and we ALL have those to spare!). Reuse is almost always a prominent theme in my creations. It's part of who I am.

The lot. This is a top-down shot of my entire locksport kit. All items are basically thin metal tools that have various jagged and sharp shapes on the end of a handle (integrated or other metal) - like dentist's tools. Starting at the bottom left and moving right. First we have the mostly unchanged eBay kit, polished and honed to remove all burs and improve fluidity of movement through smoothness and adjusted thickness - there is the key removal tool, a bunch of assorted rakes, half diamond picks, a snowman, and two hooks. Then, there are *my* picks. I'll go into more detail in another, closer, shot. In the upper row, from left to right again, there are the original few eBay kit tensioners, and then my collection of personalised, improved, TOK tensioners.

Same as the prior shot (or next, depending on how the masto-client deals with it), but the hyperfine hook pick is rotated to face the camera such that its thickness is more visible. When working with these picks, especially when polishing them, care must be taken, as they are often finer than pins and blades, and easily punch right through skin and muscle, hitting bone.

A close-up shot contrasting my personally designed and tailored hook picks with the eBay kit (on far left). Left to right among my own: The first is the thinnest pick I have ever made. In another shot, I rotate this so the impressive thinness is more viewable. It took several experimental attempts to find the right material that would allow high tensile strength at such a thickness - but more about that in the spin shot. The next is a gooseneck long-leverage pick I designed specifically for locks with a longer barrel having deep-set pins at the back of the tumbler, with shallow-set pins part-way along. This pick makes it easy to avoid oversetting the shallow ones and gives the localised leverage to supply strength of force to push stubborn deep-sets at the back. I think this one was made from a sturdy stainless steel butter knife (thrift shopping ftw). The next is a long, thick-shafted hook, with a flat head. I find that with the rounder heads, I tend to slip off a pin when trying to set it, so many of the heads of my hooks are flat and angled to be flat at point of pressure. Again, much trial and error. I think that one is 0.48mm thick, and made from a cake server(?) - it's hard to recall. The two on the end, one a sharp, thin, rounded-head, backwards-leaning hook, and one a straight, stable, solid, flat-head, are both made from my old favourite tool steel - used hacksaw blade. All are polished to a mirror finish in many stages of paper (up to 5k grit).

Große Maschinen - Große Werkstücke

Die CNC-Lohnfertigung auf unserer Portalfräsmaschine.

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CNC-Lohnfertigung einer Traverse auf unserer CNC-Portalfräse.

Das Werkstück hat die Abmaße
Länge = 2.400 mm
Breite = 1.010 mm
Höhe = 810 mm

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Passend dazu haben wir neue Bolzen für die Verbindungsstücke gefertigt, um eine langlebige und zuverlässige Verbindung sicherzustellen.

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Der erste Einsatz für den neuen Winkelkopf auf der CNC-Portalfräse.

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The tool with which I can continue work on the project that caused me to design and build this tool... is finally complete. Applying the tiny labels on this adhoc device took for-EVAAAHHH.
#electrogirl
#electronics
#toolmaker
#hslsdb

Top down view, close, soft lighting on white backdrop. This is my High-Side Load Switch Development Board. The old-school analogue VU meter is mostly just for fun. The device itself resembles a vintage pinball machine. Well, the top half of one. No need for those legs. The VU meter makes up the display and has a label on top, noting what this thingamajig is called. The mount structure is made entirely of white acrylic (surprise surprise - I work with what's available and we have a bunch of offcuts that won't be drying up soon). Covering most of the "tabletop" of the pinball machine mount is a green PCB with blue screw sockets, an IC, a USB port, and three black buttons labelled "set", "reset", and "drain".

Isometric view, front left corner. There are tiny white printed labels all over this thing. There is Vin, for Mr Diesel, I suppose... load, alt. load, DSO, R1, R2, Rs, and C1 and some other small pictographs. A 3-strand white wire with blue patterns on it links the board and VU meter. Evident from this angle are the thick metal pins that protrude in pairs from the board, allowing probes and alligator clips to munch onto them. A MOSFET stands idly in its socket, wondering what the fuck is going on.

Project-ception: a project within a project! As is often the case. This time it's a tool to assist in accurately capturing the inrush current signature of the project I was making. Nearly done on this tool. And yes, I'm making a little enclosure for this one too.
#electrogirl
#electronics
#diy
#toolmaker

Macro, close-up, top-down: A green dot-board circuit board on a well-marked and used black laminated wood surface. There are resistors in blue with stripes of red, brown and black, an 8-pin DIP chip with the descriptor NE555P in a chip holder, 1970-era wire-wrapping posts complete with acrylic supports, four 2-pin screw terminals, three black oversized momentary toggle push-buttons, two different kinds of transistors, a capacitor, a USB receptacle, and a partridge in a pear tree. There are three resistors and a capacitor clamped into the screw terminals (which are bright blue). There is also a white 3-pin socket, the designation of which has temporarily left my brain. It's unimportant though. Just a little left to do on this one, and I can return to finishing the project that prompted it.

Q: How cool 😎 is Keir?

#KeirStarmerMP #ToolMaker 🤣 #Socialist #LabourParty #UKLabour #PrimeMinister #UK #Government #UKlabour #PrimeMinister

Weitere Aufträge für die neue CNC-Drehbank Spinner TC 800 L.

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Werkstück fräsen auf einer Gesamtlänge von 5.750 mm.
Dazu müssen wir auf der Portalfräse das Werkstück einmal umsetzten.

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Unsere neue CNC-Drehbank Spinner TC 800 L beim ersten Einsatz.

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Heute wurde unsere neue CNC-Drehbank, die Spinner TC800L, geliefert. Der Aufbau der Maschine erforderte präzises Arbeiten. Zum Glück haben wir bereits vor der Bestellung alle Maße sorgfältig überprüft.

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