An Aladins Cave of Hardware
Romanys Shepherd Street is on the edge of Mayfair, a short walk from Picadilly and Green Park tube. I’ve previously visited their other branch Romanys Brewer Street but I’ve moved offices and the Shepherd Street branch is now closer. I
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Tags: mayfair, Romany's, Sheperd Street, W1
Simple Turning Project
One of my ongoing projects is the stripping down and repair of some old gates. One of the parts that needed replacing was the pin that held the gate latch. It’s about 40mm long by 8 mm diameter with a
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Tags: Ball turning
More machining with Microscopes
Mike from Mike’s Models has also been using a Microscope for machining in his workshop. In his machining experiments with a USB microscope, he looks at the problem of drilling small holes and the drill wandering and also looks at
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Tags: Microscope, USB
Machining under a microscope!
Although at times when making the flea circus chariot I had to use a magnifying glass I never actually did any machining using it. John R. Bentley has rigged up a LOMO MBC-10 (LF-100) stereo microscope in his workshop which
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Tags: J R Bentley, Micro lathe, Microscope, miniature, Model Lathe, Tiag
Bush Saw
Over the Easter weekend I was doing some gardening, i.e. chopping things up. I realised that the bush I was cutting up would make a good handle for the saw I was using. The saw blade was from some telescopic
The Model Engineer Exhibition 2009
A change of dates and a change of location for this year’s Model Engineer Exhibition, the exhibition returns to Sanddown with a slightly later date in December. Just in time to get some Christmas presents for your favourite model engineer?11th
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Tags: 2009, Model Engineer Exhibition, Sandown
Institute of Backyard Studies
The Institute of Backyard Studies has relaunched their website with a new forum for discussion of sheds and activities related to handiness and resourcefulness. A description of the institute by Mark Thomson Advanced Research Director. “What I want to do
Terminology – Tommy bars and Jobbers
Most hobbies have some specific terminology and you can feel a bit of an outsider when you don’t fully understand it. Here’s a couple of explainations for the Tommy Bar and Jobber. Tommy Bar The Tommy Bar or T-Bar is
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
