Stirling and hot air engines
Despite my scepticism one of my kind relatives bought me something from my carefully prepared Christmas list. Stirling and Hot Air Engines: An Insight into Building and Designing Experimental Model Stirling Engines by Roy Darlington and Keith Strong My relative explained to
Posted in: Books and Magazine Reviews
Tags: Stirling Engine
Helicopters the fly themselves
One thing I’ve seen a few times this Christmas is model helicopters, one of them was gesture activated and some even had cameras and linked to your iphone. Impressive that these are, there are also people who make their own
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Tags: helicopter
Wood Pattern-Making
I’ve been reading Wood Pattern-Making by Herbert J McCaslin. It’s the 1997 reprint of a much earlier book and I have to recommend it as being an interesting and potentially useful read for people interested in casting (or woodworking). Wood
Posted in: Books and Magazine Reviews, Casting, Woodworking
Tags: wood turning
Model Engineering Show Report 2010
I visited the model engineer exhibition at Sandown Park at the weekend. Given that I took my 2 month old daughter, I managed to bring down the average age of the visitors somewhat, this also gave me a perspective on
Posted in: Exhibition
Tags: Model Engineering Exhibition, Sandown Park
Toolmakers Microscope
A couple of people have mentioned that they are having difficulty reading the verniers on their calipers. The chaps on the Model Engineering Clearing House suggested using digtal calipers which was then followed by a discussion on the accuracy of
Posted in: Measuring
Tags: centring, usb microscope
Two engineering fairs for London
You might be aware there there’s two model engineering fairs comming up in the near future. They are headed up by rival magazine companies so I was amused to read in the editorial for one of them some hair splitting
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Tags: Model Engineer Exhibition, Model Engineering Exhibition
Edmund Dohnert – Mechanical Curiosities
Edmund Dohnert can’t decide if he’s an artist or an engineer. Having looked at his mechanical curiosities, I’d conclude that he’s both and more. His wonderful selection of devices are made from brass and wood. There is a Heath Robinson
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Tags: Edmund Dohnert, Mechanical Curiosities
Self-Repair Manifesto
I’ve previously mentioned my joy in repairing and mending things and the make do and mend philosophy. So when I discovered that iFixit were putting together free repair guides to a range of items I just had to join in
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
