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
Wallace and Gromit
I watched the first Wallace and Gromit World of Inventions on the PVR the other night. There was a good selection of science and inventions, I’d seen some of the articles before, the flying penguins for example I’d seen a
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Tags: Inventing
ThomasNet – Articles on Metal Work and Welding
ThomasNet got in contact to tell me that they’ve added a selection of new articles onto their website. Here are a few examples Metal WorkMachinist-Machining ResourcesA guide to vicesTypes of BearingsHow Milling Machines WorkHow springs are madeRivets, Fasteners and Screws
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Tags: resources
Vernon’s Vertical Slide
Blokey shed metal worker Vernon recently bought an Australian made Nuttall lathe and decided to fabricate a vertical slide for it so he could do milling operations in the lathe. He’s kindly shared how he went about the process of
Posted in: Interview, Lathe, Milling, Welding
Tags: vertical slide
Drilling square holes
I’ll start by clarifying that I don’t actually have a need to make square holes at the moment but I am facinated by these techniques. The maker of the above video Jacques Maurel also wrote an article for Model Engineer
Posted in: Drilling
Tags: broaching, reaming, square holes
Sheffield Steel
A quick conversation on twitter got me wondering about Sheffield Steel @Workshopshed The use of antique and vintage tools is a form of recycling- That and the steel is so much better at keeping a sharp edge. via @Gallopers Gallopers
Blacksmith Supplies
Though I’d follow up on my previous blacksmith post with some suppliers of blacksmith tools. I’ve not actually purchased from any of these but I have been in contact with Vaughans (anvils.co.uk) as they also have casting equipment such as
Posted in: Blacksmithing
Tags: anvils, Tools
Train to be a blacksmith in milton keynes
The great thing about having Analytics setup on your blog is that you can see what keywords people have used to find your articles. One I found today was… “train to be a blacksmith in milton keynes” I don’t know
Posted in: Blacksmithing
Tags: course
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
