Victorian Flea Circus Chariot
The idea to make a Victorian Flea Chariot came about due to my interest in Flea Circuses. I wondered if it was possible to make one using simple techniques such as would have been available in the 1800s. Although there
Posted in: Flea Chariot
Materials: Brass
Tags: steampunk, victorian
Spring Cleaning?
Alan Pasco from Gardeners world is cleaning out the shed this week. He’s got to the point where he can hardly get into it. Mine’s not that bad but it’s something I’ll be trying to do as well. I hope
Interesting Clocks from Wired
Whilst researching amazing mechanical devices I stumbled across a selection of interesting clocks and watched in Wired Magazine. The first was this amazing watch by Vianney Halter and Jean-François Ruchonnet. The watch makes a feature of a very old design
Terry Brown’s Shed – Casting, Maching, Projects and Gingery Shaper
Today I stumbled across a goldmine of information. Terry Brown’s shed stuff pages contain a large number of project he’s completed over the last 7 years. There’s a section on foundry work making furnaces and melting aluminium, this is complemented
Turning different materials
Most people use their mini-lathes to turn metal or plastic and some even venture into turning wood but I expect few will be turning lino. As a Christmas present for an uncle, I made the above lino ink stamp from
Posted in: Lathe, Printing Stamp, Turning
Tags: Lino, printing, Wood
Taps of a different kind
When I built the drill drawer, I mentioned that I needed to make some trays or dividers. A trip through the bathroom section at Ikea revealed some small boxes from the Molger bathroom range that looked to be just the
Challenging Project?
If you are looking for a challenging workshop project and are bored with complex steam engines, grinding machines and clocks then you could always follow in the footsteps of Michael Wright who decided to build an Antikythera Device in his
Posted in: Projects
Tags: Antikythera Device, Gears
Workshops Downunder
On reading the stats for the numbers of visitors from different countries I noticed that there’s a good few people visiting from Australia. A discussion with mate Alan suggested the reason was “.au land has plenty of bodgers”. Further investigation
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
