Archive for August, 2013
BBQ Restoration – Part 5 Before and After
So the BBQ is finished, I’ve cleaned off the rust and discarded the parts that were beyond saving. Made repairs and new parts such as the handle, grill brackets and legs. Added a complete new shelf welded from angle iron
Looking forward
The BBQ project is pretty much finished, I’ve just got to clean the grill, take some photos and of course test it out with some burgers. So I’m now thinking about what next. I’ve a few other unfinished projects to
Posted in: Projects
Tags: Ideas, internet of things
ManSpace Magazine
This week I ordered a copy of ManSpace Magazine to read on the way to work. It’s an interesting magazine with lots of variety of articles, this quarter has Ice Marathons, a man who collects parking meeting, surfboard making, antique
BBQ Restoration – Part 4 Painting
Obviously I did not want the BBQ to get all rusty again so I wanted to give it a good coat of protection. The holes in the legs were filled with epoxy and the frame was primed with Finegan’s #1
Childhood Heros
Following a discussion with Patrick Andrews on Twitter about the opening of a new Heath Robinson museum we got onto the topic of heros, I thought I’d share with you a few of my childhood inventor heros, two fictional and
Posted in: Inventors
Tags: Chidrens Books, Heros
Leeds Castle Gratings
On a trip around Leeds Castle in Kent, whilst everyone was looking at the tapestries, paintings and furniture, I was staring at the floor. The reason was the amazing ironwork in the form of floor and wall grills. There were
Posted in: Uncategorised
Tags: wrought iron
Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
