This summer we have been working on an extendable table for a dining room. The table, made mainly of American oak, opens in the middle so that an insert can be added, extending it by about 50 cm.
A collected list of other interesting sites and blogs about mechanical arts and related stuff.
This post shows the kind of works that can be done with a Kaiser Piccolo boring head. It includes the usual boring work but also the facing work usind the automatic travel of the head and an example of peg turning. The usual boring head tooling is also reviewed.
The Kaiser Piccolo is an exquisitely made mid sized boring head with boring and automatic facing functions. I got a ISO30 one in a very nice condition together with a bunch of tooling. When tested it performed very fine but I couldn’t switch easily between facing and boring (marked as P and A in the head, maybe for the french «planage» and «alésage»). It needs to be serviced to cope with this jam.
This post contains the notes describing the complete refurbishment process of the Schaublin 13 milling machine.
