Archive for August, 2019
Small Repairs
Not all good repairs need to take a long time or lots of effort. Sometimes it’s the simple ones that are the most effective. Vice Screw Replacement The Axminster vice I’ve had for a few years works really well and
Posted in: Repairs
Materials: Leather, Mild Steel
Wand practice
The other week we visited the Harry Potter experience over by Watford. For some pictures see Instagram or Twitter. In the shop, there were some replica wands made from plastic and they were £32 each. Much as I love a
Posted in: Projects
Materials: Maple
Tags: magic, Trees, wand
Projects vs Kits
I finished off a project over the weekend for a magazine and also had a message from a budding builder who wanted to create their own version of the EL wire sign created for HackSpace. This got me thinking about
Posted in: Inspiration
Tags: kit, learning, project
Designing for 3D Printing
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been designing a complex animal model for a magazine article and thought I’d share some of the things I’ve discovered along the way. Organic Shapes I tried to design the main body of my
Posted in: 3dPrinting
Tags: Fusion360
The Pros And Cons Of Buying A House That Needs Work
The trend for actually staying put and renovating is on the up according to statistics. A little look at Kirsty and Phil’s Love It Or List It on Channel 4 and you’ll see that plenty of people choose not to
Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
