{"id":35764,"date":"2020-04-02T09:00:11","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T16:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=35764"},"modified":"2020-04-01T13:54:51","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T20:54:51","slug":"working-with-metal-infused-filaments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/working-with-metal-infused-filaments\/","title":{"rendered":"Working with Metal-Infused Filaments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Got a tip to share? Tools to recommend? Shop tales to tell?\u00a0Talk to me.<\/a><\/p>\n

The\u00a0latest issue<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0HackSpace (#29)\u00a0<\/em>is out (free PDF). This month\u2019s theme is working with wood. I have a 4-page piece in the issue (pg 92) rounding up 3D printing tips and tricks (see one of them below).<\/p>\n

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Working with Metal-Infused Filaments<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"3D

3D printed mold incorporating some copper-infused filament.<\/p><\/div>\n

From my piece in\u00a0issue 29<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0HackSpace<\/em>: Washington, DC-area artist and curator\u00a0Dave Mordini<\/strong>\u00a0shared this discovery with me. \u201cI took an old broken lawn ornament and put new feet on it. I then 3D-scanned it using an inexpensive consumer scanner. I decided to add pizzazz to an aluminum casting of it by using copper-infused filament when 3D printing my mold. The 3D-printed mold is packed in sand. When you pour the hot aluminum into the mold, the plastic part gets burned away, but the copper remains.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"The

The finished lawn ornament.<\/p><\/div>\n

Magnets in the Shop<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Illustration

Illustration by Richard Sheppard for “Tips and Tales from the Workshop.”<\/p><\/div>\n

For my next\u00a0HackSpace<\/em>\u00a0column, I am doing a round-up of cool things you can do with magnets in your shop (and in your projects). If you have any good ideas,\u00a0please share<\/a>. Here is one of the magnet-related tips from my book,\u00a0Tips and Tales fr0m the Workshop<\/a>.
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\nSave Your Drill Press Chuck on a Key Ring:<\/strong>\u00a0Tired of losing the chuck on your drill press? Use a retractable magnetic key ring to store it close at hand by mounting it on the press itself. [Sean Michael Ragan]
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\nMake:’s Adhesive Chart<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Sticking

Sticking this to that.<\/p><\/div>\n

Someone posted the above chart to the \u201cShop Hacks\u201d group on\u00a0Facebook<\/em>\u00a0which reminded me to share it here. We included one of these charts in the\u00a0Maker\u2019s Notebook<\/a>\u00a0that I edited and on the\u00a0Make:\u00a0<\/em>website.\u00a0Here<\/a>\u00a0is a larger version.<\/p>\n

The Maker’s Muse<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Sean's

Sean’s DIY twist drill.<\/p><\/div>\n

Via\u00a0Sean Ragan<\/strong>\u2019s\u00a0Instagram<\/a>: \u201cA chuck from an obsolete DeWalt cordless drill fit with standoff and a spigot handle for manual drilling, reaming, chamfering, deburring, etc.\u201d<\/p>\n

Using a Sewing Machine Needle as a Drill?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a tip from the always reliable\u00a0Emory Kimbrough<\/strong>: \u201cNeed to drill a very small diameter hole, but don\u2019t have the needed tiny drill bit?\u00a0\u00a0Or, perhaps you do have the bit, but it\u2019s too small for your big drill chuck to get a good grip on?\u00a0 In a pinch, you can try a sewing-machine needle.\u00a0\u00a0Unlike needles for hand sewing, sewing-machine needles have an enlarged, sometimes flattened shank that the chuck can grab.\u00a0\u00a0 Here\u2019s a second useful trick for using a small-diameter drill bit in a large chuck that won\u2019t quite close tightly onto the bit:\u00a0\u00a0Find some insulated wire with a gauge equal to, or at least fairly close to, the diameter of bit.\u00a0\u00a0Strip off a short segment of the insulation \u2013 now you have a little rubbery tube to slide around the base of your tiny bit, providing a larger-diameter gripping surface for the big drill chuck to squeeze.\u201d<\/div>\n

 
\nShop Talk<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Larry

Larry Albertelli’s homely tool carousel<\/p><\/div>\n

I\u2019ve been getting some wonderful messages and photos in response to my\u00a0\u201chomely tools\u201d request<\/a>\u00a0in the last issue.\u00a0Show me<\/a>\u00a0(and tell me about)\u00a0your<\/em>\u00a0homely tools.<\/p>\n

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Larry Albertelli\u00a0<\/strong>writes:\u00a0<\/strong>I have small plastic bottles with different tips, including needle tips, and small vials, with tiny funnels that fit them all. In them I put homemade lubes, solvents, diluted\u00a0E6000<\/a>, diluted\u00a0Lexel<\/a>. I have plastic and glass syringes with sharp and blunt tips to dispense minute quantities of various lubes and glues. Microbrushes, small makeup brushes, scalpels of various sizes, a carbide tool sharpener which sharpens any blade, from\u00a0#11 scalpel blade<\/a>\u00a0to scissors blades, razor blades, utility blades, you name it, in seconds. The list goes on and on. These are the backbone of a tinkerer\/hobbyist\/maker.<\/p>\n

Reader\u00a0John Young<\/strong>\u00a0also wrote to remind us all of the oldie but goodie of tacking up an old hacksaw blade on the edge of a workbench or elsewhere to use for cutting sandpaper to size. You can also use such an arrangement to cut kraft paper and other similar materials.<\/p>\n

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