Archive for March, 2016
Casting a flywheel – Melting metal
Prepare furnace There’s not a lot of preparation to the furnace other than plugging in the fan and connecting the pipe to the side of the flowerpot furnace. However, one key piece of preparation is to ensure is the layout.
Posted in: Casting, Stirling Engine
Materials: Aluminium
How to get the best results with a bandsaw
Doing your own repairs, construction or crafting projects can involve a lot of tricky steps. But one that’s often handled in a relatively crude manner even by experienced handymen and DIY practitioners is sawing. Simply put, with a hand saw
Casting a flywheel – Patterns in the sand
This year my main project is to build a small stirling engine, a project that’s been bubbling away since 2011. I decided to make a few customisations to Jan Ridders plans, one of these is to use a cast aluminium
Posted in: Casting, Stirling Engine
Tags: pattern, petrobond
Chasing and Repoussé
Earlier in the year, I mentioned that I had a new book and was experimenting with a new technique called repoussé. This had allowed me to create a primitive medal for the PSTOIC annual get together. Since then I’ve read
Posted in: Books and Magazine Reviews
Materials: Brass, Copper, Mild Steel, Silver
Tags: repoussé
Heating your workshop
It’s been quite cold so far this year so you might be finding it hard to get up the motivation to get into your workshop. Jenny has put together some tips for heating your workshop shed. Top 5 Tips for
Benchtop Powersupply Kit
With the prize I gained from Proto-Pic, I purchased a Sparkfun Benchtop Powersupply kit. This allows you to hook up an ATX power supply and provides some terminal posts so you can use it on the bench for testing your
Posted in: Electronics
Tags: ATX
Removing sealant
Sealant is not a material I like. It has great water repelling properties but it’s a pain to install. It’s also pretty annoying if you need to remove it. For the bathroom refit we wanted to re-use the door of
Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
