Archive for November, 2010
Two engineering fairs for London
You might be aware there there’s two model engineering fairs comming up in the near future. They are headed up by rival magazine companies so I was amused to read in the editorial for one of them some hair splitting
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Tags: Model Engineer Exhibition, Model Engineering Exhibition
Edmund Dohnert – Mechanical Curiosities
Edmund Dohnert can’t decide if he’s an artist or an engineer. Having looked at his mechanical curiosities, I’d conclude that he’s both and more. His wonderful selection of devices are made from brass and wood. There is a Heath Robinson
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Tags: Edmund Dohnert, Mechanical Curiosities
Self-Repair Manifesto
I’ve previously mentioned my joy in repairing and mending things and the make do and mend philosophy. So when I discovered that iFixit were putting together free repair guides to a range of items I just had to join in
Wallace and Gromit
I watched the first Wallace and Gromit World of Inventions on the PVR the other night. There was a good selection of science and inventions, I’d seen some of the articles before, the flying penguins for example I’d seen a
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Tags: Inventing
ThomasNet – Articles on Metal Work and Welding
ThomasNet got in contact to tell me that they’ve added a selection of new articles onto their website. Here are a few examples Metal WorkMachinist-Machining ResourcesA guide to vicesTypes of BearingsHow Milling Machines WorkHow springs are madeRivets, Fasteners and Screws
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Tags: resources
Vernon’s Vertical Slide
Blokey shed metal worker Vernon recently bought an Australian made Nuttall lathe and decided to fabricate a vertical slide for it so he could do milling operations in the lathe. He’s kindly shared how he went about the process of
Posted in: Interview, Lathe, Milling, Welding
Tags: vertical slide
Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
