Workshop shed of the year 2010
The category winners for shed of the year 2010 have just been announced. Of course the one I’m interested in is the workshop category. Junkaholic’s weaving + sewing shed from Artemis Russel in South East London won the readers votes.
Posted in: Shed
Tags: Shed of the Year, Workshop
Welding Project Garden Obelisk
Prototyping with string 16 bars and a square needed for each Obelisk The bars were clamped up on a work mate (with metal plates to conduct and to project the surface). The ability to adjust the spacing with the workmate
Steam Ships
Back in the day there were hundreds of steam ships on the high seas. Now in 2010 there are even more. Steam is still a popular choice on liquid natural gas tankers where the stored gas is boiled off a
Posted in: Uncategorised
Tags: steam ship
Welding the Elephant
Whilst reading the IET magazine, I spotted an article on Hybrid-laser welding. It was an interesting article but it also had picture of a man welding an marvelous mechanical elephant. I emailed the editor and he replied that it was
Posted in: Mechanical Gadgets
Tags: elephant
Vintage Computer Fair June 19th and 20th
Vintage Computer Fair at the home of computing Bletchley Park is later this month. 19 June 2010 to 20 June 2010 [ Start time : 10:30, end time : 17:00 ] Follow @bletchleypark on Twitter.
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Tags: bletchley park, computing
Virtual booktour – Shedworking Book
Alex over at Shedworking advises me that the definitive guide to shedworking is now available to order. Shedworking I’ll let Alex explain in his own words: “The book is aimed at people who already work in garden offices, those who
Posted in: Books and Magazine Reviews
Tags: Shedworking
Developments at White Hart Lane
The White Hart Lane are is more famously known for it’s football ground but it’s one of my favourite areas because of the H Glickman a traditional hardware store and the old Whitbread Brewery building which I’d just love to
Posted in: Sculpture
Materials: Stainless Steel
Tags: adventure playground
Non-circular holes
Over the weekend, I tried to drill the half crescent shaped holes in the arms of my knurling tool. The original idea had to be to have an 8mm hole but when I held it up against the metal it
Posted in: Drilling, Knurling Tool
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
