Archive for June, 2008
Tool storage and metal stocks storage
A few weeks back I was lucky enough to get hold of some wire mesh trays in the sale (a cuttlery holder from Tesco and a letter tray from WHSmiths). The cuttlrey tray has proven to a good container for
Posted in: Shed, Storage
Tags: Cleaning Metal, rust, Tools
Clocks, robots and electric motors
An aspiration of many an model engineer is to make a clock. Roger Wood of Klockwerks has made hundreds of clocks in his livein workshop in an old munitions factory in downtown Toronto making a range of fabulous clocks. The
Posted in: Uncategorised
Tags: Electric Motors, Historic, Model Engineering, Scrap
Building the flowerpot furnace
2020 Vision said: “Just wondering how you got the air into the flowerpot? Was it through the holes at the bottom or did you somehow cut a hole in the side? I would have thought the latter could weaken it.”
Posted in: Casting, Projects, Projects
Tags: Flowerpot furnace, Hole cutting, Teracotta
Blobs to blocks 2
From my second cast, I produced the following two blobs. The left hand one was much better than previous attempts with a large section of straight sides and a better finish. I expect the right one would have been better
Posted in: Casting, Lathe, Machining
Materials: Aluminium
Tags: faceplate dogs, Metal Work
Model Engineer Exhibition tickets on sale next week
The Model Engineer reports that tickets for the Model Engineer Exhibition at Ascot in September will be on sale next week. Also see the website if you want to enter your model in the competition or run your engine on
Posted in: Uncategorised
Tags: 5in Guage Track, Model Engineer Exhibition, Model Engineering Fair
From disk drive to slabs
A tip from the Home Foundry and Casting group, indicated that you could get some good quality Aluminium from old computer hard disk drives. Compared to the other options of drinks cans (too small) and old car parts (too big)
Posted in: Furnace
Materials: Aluminium
Tags: Disk Drive, Melting
Paper stronger than cast iron
What do you do if you are a scientist in Sweden and can’t get any cast iron to build your steam engine out of? You invent some paper that is stronger than cast iron of course. By bashing their wood
Machined blob
This weekend I machined up one the castings from last week’s melt. Here’s the stages from scrap to machined results. Step 1Some scrap ali that I found round the back of the shed, sawn up into suitable sized pieces to
Posted in: Casting, Lathe, Machining
Materials: Aluminium
Tags: Metal Work, Scrap
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
