Andy Rimmer – LARP Maker
Andy Rimmer has turned his hobby into a business making foam weapons and props for LARP players.
Beamish – The Living Museum of the North
Beamish is a different kind of museum, rather than being exhibits in cases in a building, the buildings are the museum, along with the transport and artefacts. This museum dedicated to “ordinary people” has shops, houses, schools and workplaces from
Posted in: Exhibition
Tags: History, transport
First Steps in Organizing a Workshop
A neat, well-organized workshop is the dream of many do-it-yourselfers and professionals. A corner in a room or garage is all you need to start setting up your workshop. If you plan to spend your time there often, then it
Posted in: Shed
Tags: Lighting, Organisation, Setting Up, Sponsored, Ventilation
Falkirk Wheel and The Kelpies
I visited a massive engineering project that looks like a sculpture and a sculpture that was a massive engineering project.
Posted in: Inspiration
Pi vs Arduino
Last week I gave a talk showing three different ways to flash an LED. One of the questions at the end was why would we use a Pi vs an Arduino?
Posted in: Electronics
Tags: Arduino, Rasberry Pi
Web Camera Gantry
For an upcoming talk, I need to show a Raspberry Pi and an Arduino on camera. So I built a frame to support the webcam.
Wooden Dumbells
Before this year’s stormy season we had some trees cut down by the team from the Knowe Garden Centre. This project uses some of the logs.
Posted in: Woodworking
Tags: exercise equipment, green woodworking
PSTOIC Medal 2022
A last minute medal was needed for the “Bring something STOIC” so I used the milling machine to machine a billet.
Posted in: PSTOIC Medals
Materials: Aluminium
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
