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
Posted in: Books and Magazine Reviews
Workshop Practice Series New Titles
There are three new titles in the Workshop Practice Series, to be released 29th November 2010. Given that there are a large number of books in this range it’s a little surprising that there is not much for complete beginners
Posted in: Books and Magazine Reviews
Tags: Workshop Practice
James Watt’s Workshop Update
Just a quick update on James Watt’s Workshop at the Science Museum. The science museum curators are currently working out how to move it across and set it up and it’s planned to open early next year. More on the
Posted in: Uncategorised
Tags: History, James Watt, Workshop
Guest Blog – Bending and jigs
Today’s blog entry is a guest article from Alan Ross who I interviewed earlier this year. Alan Ross: I had to braze up a large CD rack frame , so I took the opportunity of photographing the process. This is
Posted in: Fabrication, Guest, Welding
Tags: Jig, metal forming
Victorian Metropolitan Plumbing
Thames Water has been in the news recently about their plans for a Thames Tunnel running down the river. Not to be mistaken for the other Thames Tunnel which goes across the river at Rotherhide. This giant 7m diameter tunnel
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Tags: bazalgette, Sewage, Thames Tunnel
Model Engineer Exhibition 2010
As autumn approaches the model engineer’s thoughts turn to what new bits and pieces they can buy at the model engineer exhibition. Model Engineer Exhibition 2010 10-12 December 2010, Sandown Park Racecourse This year’s 3 day exhibition is at the
Posted in: Exhibition
Tags: 2010, Model Engineer Exhibition
Perfectionism gets in the way of completion
Last year, I was looking at some articles by Steve Ogden and Bre Pettis who were discussing the relative merits of getting things done vs getting them perfect. Surely the answer is to get them done right and to use
Posted in: Uncategorised
Tags: Engineer, Fit, Plans, Tolerances
Ball Clocks
I’ve always held a facination for ball clocks, they are not known to be particularly accurate timekeepers but the movement of the balls facinates me. I particularly like watching them when they got to 12:59 when all the balls reset
Posted in: Mechanical Gadgets
Tags: Clocks, Kinetic Sculpture
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
