Archive for March, 2013
Five welding mistakes to avoid
Welding can be very dangerous, there are numerous hazards to try and avoid and lots of ways to get hurt. The amount of risk depends on the type of welding you are doing, as some welding techniques involve more hazardous
Making a spoon
On international women’s day, I put a shout out for all the women blacksmiths and welders I know on twitter. The result was a request from welder Stephanie from ASingleSpoon for a spoon for her project. My first thought was
Posted in: Blacksmithing
Materials: Mild Steel
Tags: women makers
Books for the Home Machinist
Model Engineers in the UK will all be familar with the workshop practice seriesof books, and authors such as Stan Bray, David Fenner and Harold Hall. Harold Hall kindly got in touch and pointed out these have been converted by
Posted in: Books and Magazine Reviews
Tags: Workshop Practice
Restoring some old files
As previously mentioned I’ve recently aquired an old toolbox that has some items that look like they are worth recovering. One thing that looked in good knick under the rust was 4 old files. There was also a paint scraper
Posted in: Uncategorised
Tags: Tools
Tool makers
I had intended my last post to go out today rather than Wednesday but I messed up on the scheduling. So here’s an extra bonus post on tool makers. Here’s some of my favourite makers from Home Made Tools. John
Posted in: Uncategorised
Tags: Tools
Homemade Tools
To finish off a week of articles on homemade tools, I’d like to mention Homemadetools.net. The site is primarily a directory of all the home made tools, fixtures, jigs, stands, storage etc that the site has found on the various
Posted in: Uncategorised
Tags: Tools
Bending Forks
Another little project I completed back in August last year. Before I found my little anvil on eBay, I decided to make some bending forks to be mounted in the vice. These are basically some pins sticking out of a
Big taps
For a project that I started the other year I needed an M14x1mm tap which I purchased from Arc Euro Trade. It was not until I decided to use it that I realised I did not have a tap wrench
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
