Some glue & stuff. Mostly for an attempt to fudge a replacement HP front panel power button. See
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/repair/hp-3326a-two-channel-synthesizer-repair/I found another button on something else that is the right size. I don't want to sacrifice it, so will try using it as a molding master. To end up with a cast duplicate. Going to be an experiment.
Can anyone recommend a two-part epoxy casting material, that is low viscosity when liquid, sets hard, and can be spray painted?
And a good mold release coating. Spray silicone?
Also some pics related to the bench saws mentions above.
I find my most useful saw is the slide saw in pic 3. It probably has a better name. The bit of plywood and clamped-on rear guide allow using G-clamps and bits of wood as hold-downs when cutting smallish bits of metal. NEVER hold small obects with fingers to cut it with one of these. They can rotate and jam the blade. You wouldn't believe how violent and sudden that can be. (Experience!)
This is for cutting soft stuff - wood, aluminium, brass, and some plastics.
Yes, I do have the safety shield clipped up out of the way. It's annoying, and I'm happy to rely on just never putting my hands anywhere near while the blade is rotating.
For a table saw and router table, I improvised. Bought a cheap hand/plunge router, and the cheapest hand circular saw I could find. (It was VERY cheap.) Fitted them to sheets of laminex coated particle board (that I'd found for free), with some back-reinforcing beams. Use milk crates as a base. Two or four crates depending on how high you want the work surface. I made one control box with an on/off switch and emergency stop button. It clips onto whichever table I'm using. It's rare to need both tables at once.
I have one planed-straight bit of wood that I clamp onto either table as a slide backing.
Overall these take up little space when not in use, and the G-clamps, crates and back-slide all get used elsewhere.
Mostly I set these up out on the lawn when I need to use them. They make a LOT of dust, and my 'really messy stuff' workshop is still unfinished (but progressing.)
Btw, with table saws and routers, ALWAYS use two sacrificial pusher sticks to steer and push the wood you are cutting. Never fingers. Cut the ends of the sticks to V-shapes so they can grip on workpiece edges.