Aluminium
Casting a flywheel – Melting metal
Prepare furnace There’s not a lot of preparation to the furnace other than plugging in the fan and connecting the pipe to the side of the flowerpot furnace. However, one key piece of preparation is to ensure is the layout.
Posted in: Casting, Stirling Engine
Materials: Aluminium
Shed roof repairs
When I replaced my shed roof, I used a thin piece of plank of internal wooden cladding painted with some preservative, after two winters this was faring badly against the weather (photo taken before the guttering was added) I’d spent
Pouring Temperature vs Melting Temperature
I was recently sent some documentation on a small electric furnace for melting and heat treating metal which is of a good size for hobbiests but still a lot more expensive than building your own charcoal furnace. One of the
Posted in: Casting
Materials: Aluminium
Tags: temperature
Grinder Guard Fix
Although I have power to my workshop, it is currently limited to two sockets down one end. This means that if I want to use anything down the other end, such as the drill or grinder then I have to
Posted in: Repairs
Materials: Aluminium, Polycarbonate
Wrapped in Bronze-anodised Aluminium
In my previous wander around St James I spotted a metal clad building. I’ve taken some photos and found a few details. 66 St James’s Street was designed by Rodney Gordon of Tripos Architects in 1979-82. The building was commissioned
Posted in: Uncategorised
Materials: Aluminium
Tags: anodising, architecture
Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
