Archive for May, 2009
Jackdaws and mouldable firebrick
My father reported that he’d had a jackdaw fall down his chimney whilst he’d been sailing around the Clyde and Aaran. Being a helpful son, I looked up some websites for “pot toppers”, “chimney hats” and “Bird Guards”. Whilst looking
Posted in: Heat Treatment
Tags: firebrick, Flowerpot furnace, forge, hearth
Lessons involving heat
This bank holiday weekend I was working on the gates for the drive. Not surprisingly the pre-drilled holes in the gate posts for the mountings were in the wrong places so I had to re-drill them all and fill the
Drawer for lathe tools
This seemingly simply project has taken nearly 5 months to complete. Part of the reason is that the bench did not have any back legs. I’d simply let the bench top be supported on the original shelves with the two
Posted in: Storage, Workshop Furniture
Tags: Tools
Books on gears
Dug North has been compiling lists of books on gears on his Automata blog so I thought I’d share them with you. http://www.dugnorth.com/blog/2009/04/list-of-books-on-gear-design-and.htmlhttp://www.dugnorth.com/blog/2009/05/more-books-on-gears-theory-and_06.html As you might expect for an automaton maker, Doug has written quite a lot on gears on
Posted in: Books and Magazine Reviews
Tags: Automata, dug north, Gears
An Aladins Cave of Hardware
Romanys Shepherd Street is on the edge of Mayfair, a short walk from Picadilly and Green Park tube. I’ve previously visited their other branch Romanys Brewer Street but I’ve moved offices and the Shepherd Street branch is now closer. I
Posted in: Uncategorised
Tags: mayfair, Romany's, Sheperd Street, W1
Simple Turning Project
One of my ongoing projects is the stripping down and repair of some old gates. One of the parts that needed replacing was the pin that held the gate latch. It’s about 40mm long by 8 mm diameter with a
Posted in: Gate Pin, Repairs, Turning
Tags: Ball turning
Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
