Archive for July, 2009
Answer to Mechanism seen on the tube
It would appear my puzzle was a little too easy. Mike Morgan was the first to spot that it was “some sort fancy upmarket clasp on a bag?” followed by some lady readers of the workshopshed blog who new exactly
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Tags: designer handbag, GGL
Mechanism seen on the tube
On the way to work this morning I saw the above mechanism whilst travelling on the London underground. Any guesses as to what it is?
International Shed of the Year
The winner of the International Shed of the Year is a Workshop. “The Shed” owned by Chuck Witmer of Scale House Design is a large timber framed design with reclaimed materials such as IKEA glass shelving for the windows and
Posted in: Beginners
Tags: Shed of the Year, Workshop
Desert workshop
Thanks to Michael Janzen I found John Wells and The Southwest Texas Alternative Energy and Sustainable Living Field Laboratory (aka The Field Lab). As you can see it’s pretty remote so anything needed has to be transported in or used
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Tags: Cooler, Solar Power, Workshop
Miniature Workshops
I like to think that the Workshopshed is a small workshop but it’s no where near as small as these two: The Science Museum has a minature steam powered engineering workshop as photographed by Nic Brown. David Brookshaw makes some
Shed Week
It’s Shed Week this week! As previously mentioned the workshopshed made it into the finals of shed of the year, and I’m anxiously waiting the results of the judging on Wednesday. I’ve not got much planned for shed week, hopefully
Posted in: Shed
Tags: In me shed, Punks Not Dad, Shed Week
Workshop at the Eli Whitney Museum
The Eli Whitney Museum in Hamden, Connecticut, USA like many museums has a great workshop. It also has a Leonardo-Challenge aimed to get young people interested in design and is home to the The Wilbur and Orville Society. Photographer Tom
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Tags: Eli Whitney Museum, Workshop
The Small Workshop
The first book in a series called “Workshop Solutions” edited by woodworker and author Ralph Laughton is “The Small Workshop”. It looks at creating a workshop out of a small space such as a shed or garage and deals with
Posted in: Books and Magazine Reviews, Storage
Tags: Build, Workshop
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
