Making a stirling
One of the first things you’ll discover on the web when you set up a home machine shop is the Stirling Engine. These are ideal projects for model engineers of every level as they can be very simple or highly
Posted in: Books and Magazine Reviews
Tags: making, Stirling Engine
Steam Punk Magazine
The other month, Steam Punk Magazine was kind enough to offer me a slot in their periodical, to enthuse about brass and making the flea chariot. The article should be appearing in edition #6 “The Pre-Industrial Revolution” which is out
Posted in: Casting, Flea Chariot
Tags: magazine, steampunk
More Make Do and Mend
John Lewis have been working on a new version of the Make Do and Mend Booklet. Their new version looks at tips such as selecting the right sized television for a room, shining shoes and getting rid of ants. The
Knurling tool – Slot cutting
The next step that was taken on the knurling tool arms was to tidy up the slots in the ends. This was done with a 5mm end mill mounted in the lathe chuck. Ideally this would be mounted in a
Posted in: Knurling Tool, Machining, Milling
Tags: slot
Nice bit of knurling
I’ve told a few people that I’m making a knurling tool and some of them look at me with a puzzled expression and ask what knurling is. I’ve been trying to find a good example of this and have noticed
Posted in: Uncategorised
Tags: Czech and Speake, knurling, Lavatory Roll Holder
Pinball Machine Makers
The paper on Friday reported of a man making a Bill Paxton themed pinball machine. I’ve always liked pinball machines and wondered at their electromechanical marvels but given the complexity I’ve never seriously planned to make one. However, it turns
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Tags: electro mechanics, pinball
Knurling Tool Work in Progress
Some pics of the knurling tool in various stages of being built. The next steps are to saw the other two slots and then machine or file the slots square. I think that I should be able to mill the
Posted in: Knurling Tool, Machining
Tags: knurling
Countersinking
For the knurling tool I’m making I decided to attach a couple of the parts together with some countersunk screws. This raised the question of how do I ensure I’ve drilled it the right size? Conveniently in the UK the
Posted in: Knurling Tool
Tags: countersink, Drill
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
