by Phil Kerner | Dec 1, 2013 | Inspection, Members Only: The Tool Room, Set-Ups
If you've watched my video on how I check squareness, then you already know how I do it by comparing all (6) sides with each other using the large radius that I've built into my surface gauge. But...what do you do when you can't "compare" the sides of a block with...
by Phil Kerner | Nov 4, 2013 | Members Only: The Tool Room, Milling, Set-Ups
Got a doozy handed to me the other day...and I just KNEW that the process would make a great video.
by Phil Kerner | Oct 21, 2013 | Inspection, Members Only: The Tool Room, Milling, Set-Ups
I really hope that you guys and gals appreciate that I'm always looking for a new lesson, a new teaching point, or an "ah-ha" moment that will take you to the next level. The other day, a rather routine operation - for me - turned in to one of those moments that I...
by Phil Kerner | Oct 9, 2013 | Members Only: The Tool Room, Milling, Set-Ups
One of my Tool Room members, Tom Szepielak, just sent me a nice complete drawing of the "sub table" that I use for my Kurt vise. He asked me to please share this with all of my members, so here you go...just click on the link to download your copy. Thanks,...
by Phil Kerner | Jul 28, 2013 | Members Only: The Tool Room, Milling, Set-Ups
I know that I mention this quite often, but it's worth repeating: The video lesson that follows is direct result of me still doing this stuff every single day, and having to come up with quick and simple solutions to get the job done both accurately and as fast as...
by Phil Kerner | Jul 14, 2013 | Members Only: The Tool Room, Set-Ups, Shortcuts and Time Savers
Just the other day, I got stuck with somehow trying to tape a plastic part to my sub-table...only problem was the plastic was quite a bit larger than my sub-table. Here's how I solved the problem, and how I made my sub-table big enough to cover the entire part...which...
