Books and Magazine Reviews
The Balloon Factory
The Story of the Men who built Britain’s First Flying Machines by Alexander Frater My knowledge of aeroplanes was previously limited to the Wright Brothers, Louis Blériot, Frank Whittle and Amy Johnson. I now can add to this list Sam
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Workshop Practice Series New Titles
There are three new titles in the Workshop Practice Series, to be released 29th November 2010. Given that there are a large number of books in this range it’s a little surprising that there is not much for complete beginners
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Tags: Workshop Practice
Virtual booktour – Shedworking Book
Alex over at Shedworking advises me that the definitive guide to shedworking is now available to order. Shedworking I’ll let Alex explain in his own words: “The book is aimed at people who already work in garden offices, those who
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Tags: Shedworking
Old books on casting
No one is quite sure when people first started melting metals and casting them in sand, however there are plenty of old books with descriptions and details of techniques. The Archive.org site has a few of these books including the
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Tags: Pattern Making, sand
Book Review – Performance Welding Handbook
I bought this book to find out if I wanted to buy a TIG or a MIG welder for my model engineering workshop, it answered that question and a lot more. The book is intended for people aiming to build
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Materials: Aluminium, Stainless Steel
Tags: Welding. Aircraft
Book Review – Gears and Gear Cutting
Gears and Gear Cutting is No. 17 in the Workshop Practice Series Ivan Law’s book is aimed at model engineers and novice horologists who want to understand and make gears. Like all of the books in the series it is
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Tags: Gears
Making a stirling
One of the first things you’ll discover on the web when you set up a home machine shop is the Stirling Engine. These are ideal projects for model engineers of every level as they can be very simple or highly
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Tags: making, Stirling Engine
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
Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
