"a Horizontal Dividing Head " -in baltic birch plywood, aluminum t-track, assorted metal fittings

This fixture was designed and fabricated to drill out the primary body tubes of the lights shown here. The fixture itself is used on a drillpress. The support arms are adustable to accomodate different length tubing. The sabot inserts are also interchangeable, to allow for different tubing diameters.

The dividing head itself is resettable, as the embedded 360 degree protractor floats within an adjustable locking mechanism. Also, the entire carriage slides within a mounting saddle, to index the columns of holes as they're bored.

"a wood lathe Expansion Mandrel " -in maple wood, and assorted metal fittings

This one is handy for turning small vessels. A 3/4" hole is bored into the base of your turning stock, and slipped over the tenon of the above chuck. A half turn on the knob on the opposite side of the headstock pulls the cone within the nose of the tenon, thereby expanding the jaws and effectively locking the turning blank to the chuck....

"a wood lathe Boring Fixture " -in baltic birch plywood, steel, assorted metal fittings, and a compound table

This one is used to drill holes up to 16" deep. The cross slide is used to center up the boring arm to the center line of the wood lathe.

"a wood lathe Mini-Drill Press " -in oak wood, assorted metal fittings

This tool is extremely handy, and very versatile. I use is it primarily to introduce decorative details to small turnings, such as small flutes, indexed holes, etc.

It is essentially a stripped down Dremel drill press mounted to a height and angle adjustable column, which rides within a sliding carriage that also moves in two independant axis.

"a wood lathe Steady Rest " -in baltic birch plywood, roller-blade wheels, and assorted metal fittings

Pretty self-evident...used to support long stock without the use of a tailstock. The rollerblade wheels slide in and out to adjust to different stock diameters.

"a Dividing Head " -in baltic birch plywood, and assorted metal fittings

This is a miniature dividing head for use on a drill press, used for drilling evenly spaced holes on a specific circumference. It normally sits in a wooden sub-carriage that itself mounts to the drill press table. This sub-carriage restricts the movement of the above dividing to only one axis, making alignment with the drillchuck easier.

"a Sliding, Dividing Head milling fixture " -in baltic birch plywood, 3 drawer slides, and assorted metal fittings

This fixture was designed to mill the fluting on the combination rings of the cryptex.

The rings are placed upon a mandrel in sets of six and mounted on the horizontal shaft. The opposite end of the shaft has an integral indexing wheel with 26 divisions. This whole assembly is mounted to a carriage that slides horizontally- work stops are used to restrict the motion of the carriage, if needed.

This entire assembly is then mounted on the compound table of my milling machine, and when passed in front of a profiled endmill, slots are formed upon the perimeter of the combination rings.

"a Tilting Table " -in baltic birch plywood, t-track, and assorted metal fittings

Another one that's pretty self-evident.... used to drill angled holes on the drill press.

"a wood lathe Rubber Expansion Mandrel " -in brown maple, rubber, and assorted metal fittings

This is another custom-made chuck, but with a specific application. I went thru a season of making small oil lamps using glass confetti lights. I typically would bore a 1 1/2" diameter hole into the turning blank with a forstner bit to fit the confetti light, which would then slip over the rubber mandrel of the above chuck. A turn of the locking wheel on the other side of the headstock will cause the rubber cylinder to compact along its long axis, thereby increasing its diameter, and effectively locking the turning blank to the chuck.