Archive for 2017
Medium Density Overlay Plywood: What Is It?
Medium Density Overlay or MDO as it is known in the stores, is one of the several engineered wood panels that can be found on the wood market, although it might be the one with the biggest growth in popularity
Posted in: Guest
Budget-Friendly Wooden Toys That Spark Your Creativity
Making wooden toys is a marvellous way to enjoy expanding your skills while practicing with smaller stock. This equates to less of a risk if things don’t turn out quite the way you first planned. No worries, though, because the
Posted in: Projects
HackSpace Magazine – Hack Make Build Create
This week saw the launch of a new magazine for makers, tinkerers and garden shed engineers. “HackSpace Magazine” aims to be more than just electronics and incorporates woodwork and metalwork too. The first edition will be on sale later this
Posted in: Books and Magazine Reviews
November bits and pieces
A Little Saw A mini milestone was hit this week. I completed the last of the saw illustrations for the “A Little Saw” book. So the next step is to fit the pictures into the text and get the book
Posted in: Saw Book
What can 3D printers do for you?
One question I get asked frequently is what would you want a 3D printer for? I’ve used mine for making a repairing lots of different things such as the Magnifier Lamp and Shower screen Quill have also been looking at
Posted in: 3dPrinting
Rube Goldberg Machine and Video Editing
As mentioned earlier this week I’ve just swapped in a new PC as my old one died on me, then recycled the old one. My daughter and I also built and filmed a Rube Goldberg machine. After several false starts
Posted in: Mechanical Gadgets
Recycling
This week I replaced my home PC. It had died the week before and I couldn’t fix it. The computer was an ex-business Dell and had lasted me a good 5 years, with just one fan replaced in that time.
Posted in: Recycling
Garden Room, the Perfect Spot to Pursue your Passion
Creativity is a very tricky state of mind that is very experimental and personal, for which you need a personal space. You cannot concentrate in someone’s presence because of the inhibition and hesitancy associated with it. Whilst your home is
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
