Tools Of The Trade

I thought I would share some of my ideas and techniques useful for designing and building alcohol stoves.  Most of my focus will be on what happens "behind the scenes" if you will.  Nothing makes a project come together more efficiently than a jig or a fixture.  Jigs and fixtures are time tested and proven to be a necessary implementation to any project that requires repeatability and/or precision.  Jigs and Fixtures share a common ground in that they both are used to locate and hold securely a workpiece in relation to the work tool.  The Jig does this by guiding the work tool along the work piece.  The Fixture, however, does not.  Generally, a Fixture is exactly what its name implies.  Fixed.  Fixed in one position.  Quit useful for locating or establishing known values such as Absolute Zero.  With a little patience and tinkering you can build precise cutting, alignment, and clamping tooling to aid in error-free construction of your favorite stove over and over exactly the same each time.