Something’s Up

I am working on some new product ideas for the THMStore.  I wrote an article called “Mission Adjustment” I posted in the store itself saying I am developing new products that will be exclusively sold through the store. Reselling (buying wholesale to sell retail) items are not the best way to operate a micro business. There [...]

Canary Islands

I just sent some machine gears to the Canary Islands. You have heard of that place. Little islands in the Atlantic off the coast of Africa. What I found interesting was the gear order was from Spain. I was naturally thinking of mainland Spain.

The city name was Guimar and that didn’t cause me any excitement. The [...]

All Geared Up

I sell machine gears from a web store that I own and operate. It is called The Hobbyist Machine Store. The gears that I sell are for two very popular machine tools called a mini-lathe and a mini-mill. There have been tens of thousands of these machine sold all over the world. The one major flaw [...]

Proxxon IB/E

Proxxon Professional Rotary Tool

Just received two of the Proxxon professional rotary tools (IB/E) last night. One I will use for testing and design a mount for the CNC HB2 machine. The other is inventory for the THMStore.

First impression is WOW! This is one very nice high speed hand tool. It does deserve the title “professional.” [...]

Late January Ramblin’

Texas weather is going crazy as usual. It is 32 degrees (F) and raining one day then 62 and sun the next which was yesterday. This morning it is 35 and semi cloudy. I know they say this in every place I have lived but, “If you don’t like the weather. just wait a day…”

Outside [...]