Dave Denker’s Metalworking
Retired sheetmetal fabricator David Denker from Minnesota got into machining in 2003 when he bought a mini-lathe. He also decided to build a mini milling machine from spare parts and custom made components. Since then he’s been thinking up improvements
Posted in: Machining
Tags: Milling Table, Mini-lathe
Welding Projects
One of my work colleagues mentioned that he had a “arc welder” that he’d bought because he’d like to be able to weld. Perhaps he’d been watching flashdance that week or perhaps he’d had more charitable thoughts on his mind?
Chemical Safety in the Workshop
I was discussing the issue of storing dangerous chemicals in the workshop the other week with a work colleague and he took the attitude that as soon as his kids could walk he took everything out of the garden shed
World’s first Stirling hybrid electric car
Deka Research have build a small prototype hybrid electric / stirling engine car based on the chassis of an old Ford Think. The advange of the “external combustion engine” is that it can be powered from many different fuels without
Posted in: Uncategorised
Tags: Electric Motors, Hybrid Car, Stirling Engine
Miniature Engineering
In the process of looking for information about making my flea circus chariot I’ve tracked down a few other people who like to make small things. Charlotte and Martin Willmott made the papers recently with their models of tiny kitchen
Posted in: Beginners
Tags: Automata, Cherry Hill, flea chariot, miniature, Models, St Leger, Willmott
Hidden Doors
On the TV yesterday was the Home Show and they had a short clip where their expert walked through a wall that was disguised as a bookcase. This is of course something I’ve always wanted to have in my house
Engineer = Ingenious
On the train up to see the fireworks in Carlisle this year I heard a chap say to his friend, you know the word Engineer that means a man who’s ingenious, it’s Latin you know. I looked it up on
Posted in: Inventors
Tags: Engine, Engineer, etymology, Latin, Rub
Milling in the lathe
As mentioned in previous article about compound tables and cross vices, I’m interesting in milling to get better results than manual filing for my T-nuts. I realised that because of the small side of these nuts it would be possible
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
