Monthly Archives: December 2014

Brownian motion inside a bicycle tire

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Zander K

If you ride a mountain bike with tubeless tires you may have found one of these blobs of latex in the tire (or maybe heard it). I’m pretty sure this is a form of Brownian motion forming a Brownian Tree, where … Continue reading →

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Plane ole videos

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Zander K

Some videos of my small planes. First up, a round up of some of a bunch of mitres. There is a mix of peined and brazed bodies. All have a welded ramp. This video shows a wedged infill [style] mitre … Continue reading →

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A small box

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Zander K

A  small box to hold a sine bar. I made this out of a white oak branch, used the milling machine to cut the mortise, glued on a bottom (because I liked the “real” bottom better as the top) and … Continue reading →

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Rod bender

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Zander K

I have a rack between the lathe and mill that holds mostly stock but also shared tooling. As is normal, it doesn’t hold enough stuff. But it has all these holes on the posts that are ideal for hanging tools … Continue reading →

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