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
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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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
