Archive for March, 2015
Maker Movement
Custom Made have published an informatic on “The Emergence of the Maker Movement“. This looks at the processes behind making, funding, tools, demographics and people, there is also a selection of interesting links of companies involved with Makers.
Posted in: Inspiration
Tags: Makers
Magnifier Lamp – Printing the head
The main part of the magnifier lamp is the head, after a few variants of design I ended up with something I was happy to print. I loaded the 25x140x160mm model into Automaker and selected the fine option. 36 minutes
Posted in: 3dPrinting, Magnifier Lamp
Building a workbench
I’d been discussing workbenches with my Dad who’s just setting up a new workshop after a house move so I asked Brandon from Solid Wood Designs in New Zealand what he thought the basic fundamentals were for creating a workbench.
Posted in: Guest, Woodworking, Workshop Furniture
Tags: Bench, solidwooddesigns
Enchanted Cottage – Proposal
My plan for the Element14 Enchanted Objects Design Challenge is to take an old fashioned weather house and retrofit it with electronics
Posted in: Electronics, Enchanted Cottage
Tags: weather house
Three cornered thumb-wheels
To clamp my magnifier lamp in place I’ve bought some nice stainless steel bolts with half thickness nuts. This means that the nuts are roughly the same size as the heads giving it symmetry. I’ve also made some thumb-wheels /
Posted in: 3dPrinting, Magnifier Lamp
Magnifier Lamp – Design and test
For an upcoming project I wanted to build some circuit boards and the main component only came as a surface mounted device (SMD). I asked the members of the Element14 community what they would recommend regarding tools for SMD components.
Posted in: 3dPrinting, Magnifier Lamp
Tags: Lighting
Engineering is just helping people
I was reading an article by Dr Lesley Paterson in the IET magazine that looked into the debate that Engineering should be taken out of STEM because Engineering is different in that its about using those Science, Technology and Mathematics
Posted in: Uncategorised
Tags: charity, disabilities
Bench modification
Thanks to some good friends I now have a large ex-BBC filing cabinet. This has 4 large drawers and is 1m wide by 1.2m tall. There’s a couple of concrete blocks in the bottom to stop it falling over when
Posted in: Woodworking, Workshop Furniture
Tags: dowel
Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
