Archive for September, 2010
Guest Blog – Bending and jigs
Today’s blog entry is a guest article from Alan Ross who I interviewed earlier this year. Alan Ross: I had to braze up a large CD rack frame , so I took the opportunity of photographing the process. This is
Posted in: Fabrication, Guest, Welding
Tags: Jig, metal forming
Victorian Metropolitan Plumbing
Thames Water has been in the news recently about their plans for a Thames Tunnel running down the river. Not to be mistaken for the other Thames Tunnel which goes across the river at Rotherhide. This giant 7m diameter tunnel
Posted in: Uncategorised
Tags: bazalgette, Sewage, Thames Tunnel
Model Engineer Exhibition 2010
As autumn approaches the model engineer’s thoughts turn to what new bits and pieces they can buy at the model engineer exhibition. Model Engineer Exhibition 2010 10-12 December 2010, Sandown Park Racecourse This year’s 3 day exhibition is at the
Posted in: Exhibition
Tags: 2010, Model Engineer Exhibition
Perfectionism gets in the way of completion
Last year, I was looking at some articles by Steve Ogden and Bre Pettis who were discussing the relative merits of getting things done vs getting them perfect. Surely the answer is to get them done right and to use
Posted in: Uncategorised
Tags: Engineer, Fit, Plans, Tolerances
Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
