Simple hammer repair
Whilst building a wooden step and re-laying the surrounding laminate flooring, I managed to break the shaft of a small hammer.
I ordered a replacement handle and used a pin to drift out the remainder of the old handle. There is a small wedge that holds the handle in place so I was careful not to misplace that.
The new handle needed to be shaped to fit the hole in the head of the hammer so I used a spokeshave to trim this down to size. You could use a chisel for this task if that’s all you have.
Once the handle was fitting in the head, I cut a slot using a tenon saw, parallel to the direction of striking. Looking at that last picture, the slot is from left to right.
I applied a few coats of varnish to give the handle some protection and as the wood finish was a little rough I also gave it a sand with some fine sandpaper.
The last step was to refit the head and tap the wedge into place.
Posted in: Repairs
Animals at the Tower
Back in the history of the tower of London there used to be exotic animals such as lions, baboons and a polar bear. If you visit this year you can see these in sculpture form. Artist Kendra Haste has created
Posted in: Sculpture
Puppet Master
Over the weekend I attended a short introduction course with puppet master Bernd Ogrodnik. Along with 300 other enthusiasts from around the globe, I learnt a little about carving, wood types, performance and the design of puppets. Bernd shared many
Posted in: Inspiration
Details
What really sets apart a good model is the detail, borrowing some ideas from YouTubers I set about adding detail to my street scene.
Posted in: Projects
Triwizard Wand Rack
On a family visit to London, we stumbled across an alleyway full of interesting shops including one selling wands and other wizarding equipment…
Posted in: Projects, Triwizard Wand Rack
Tags: burning, carving
Master, Master
This last week, I renamed the branch on my Github repos from Master to Main. As I don’t use any kind of gitflow for my repositories and I don’t have to worry about team members, this was a pretty painless
Posted in: Inspiration
Arduino Portenta
For a recent project, I’ve been using a new Arduino Portenta Pro board. It has proved to be a powerful board but also challenging to use.
Posted in: Electronics
Fairy Door
The local community group asked if we could make a fairy door, my daughter is a “bit big for fairies” but she did fancy practising some maker skills.
Posted in: Beginners
Tags: fairy door
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
