Archive for July, 2016
OpenSCAD two types of function
I’ve been experimenting with OpenSCAD for some time and was building some plates to attach some components together. For these I needed a rounded corner rectangle with some regularly spaced holes. I knew that you could create module functions that
Simple garden bench – Finishing
As the bench was going outside I knew it would need some protection from the elements. The metal brackets that supported the legs were given a coat of Hammerite. The top of the bench was sanded and then cleaned with
Posted in: Woodworking
Tags: upcycle
Simple garden bench
The last couple of weekends the family teamed up to help renovate my Mother in law’s garden. It was a big garden and had got overgrown as it was too much for her to maintain. After a general tidy, we
Posted in: Woodworking
Tags: upcycle
Primes
The reminders about Amazon Prime day got me thinking about Prime Numbers. Whilst I was coding a power efficient “blink” for a new 4Tronix board I joked that it was not calculating primes. But then I thought, “why not?” I
Posted in: Beginners
Tags: Mathematics, primes
Dressing a grinding wheel
When I’d been grinding my tungsten for the TIG welder, I’d been a bit careless and had ground in the same place each time. The net result was that I ended up with a groove down the middle of the
Ernest Malinowski and the Central Trans-Andean Railway
Following on from the article on Marc Brunel, the next in the series is Ernest Malinowski, a Polish Engineer who put his hand to building a railway across the Andes mountain range. Ernest Malinowski was born in a troubled time
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Posted in: Inspiration
Tags: Ernest Malinowski, Polish, Railway
Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
