Micro Engines
Thanks to Stationary Engine Magazine, I’ve found out that some researchers at Birmingham University have been making tiny petrol engines to form power packs for portable electric devices or power micro vehicles and robots. “General hydrocarbon fuels have an energy
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Tags: Engine, microscopic, petrol
Metalcraft – Metal forming tools
J and C R Wood are the Hull based makers of the Metalcraft range of metal forming tools which includes: Punch & Shears Riveting/Bending/Rolling Tools Strip Worker – Five Tools in One Scroll Formers Twisters and workshop packages Barry Wood
Posted in: Guest
Tags: Bending, metal forming, Rolling
Surface Mounted Devices
I recently purchased an electronic kit to make a tachometer, with the aim to measure the speed of my lathe and drill. Given that I’ve only got a mini sized lathe and it’s fixed speed there’s no real reason to
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Tags: pcb, smd, soldering, tachometer
New model engineering sites
There’s lots of resource on the web for model engineers and quite a few blogs that were started and ran for a few months. Here’s a few I’ve recently found that have stayed the course and are still quite active.
Cedric Lynch – Shed Inventor
I was watching an old episode of Wallace and Gromit World of invention and saw a piece about one of the people who is working on improving electric motors. Cedric Lynch inventor from Potters Bar has been working on his
Posted in: Inventors
Something Magical
This weekend was the PSTOIC Christmas dinner and the theme was “Something Magical”. Not having time to come up with something home made I headed over to Trafalgar Square and down into the subway to Davenport’s Magic. I had a
An art and animation workshop
Portland’s scarlet star studios are home to Gretchin Lair & Sven Bonnichsen and are visited by a range of other creative types and artists. Sven is a machinist and animator and makes his own armatures, puppets and sets. As a
Posted in: Machining
Tags: armatures, stop motion
Engineering Courses for model makers
For people interested in starting up in model engineering they often buy some equipment and some books and just learn by trial and error. However a beginners training course can really help you get past the first few hurdles and
Posted in: Beginners, Lathe, Milling
Tags: course, Metal Work, SMEE, Training
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
