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
Getting Started with a Milling Machine
Andy sets about unpacking and setting up a small bench top vertical milling machine.
Posted in: Milling
Materials: Aluminium, Mild Steel
Milling Machine
Thanks to my kind fans, site sponsors and paid project work, I’ve managed to save up for a milling machine which was delivered earlier this month.
Posted in: Milling
Vice Mount Revisited
In the old Workshopshed, I made some bars to screw to the underside of the bench to mount the bench vice to a good solid clamping point. Unfortunately, when I moved, I forgot to unscrew these and since I’ve moved
Posted in: Workshop Furniture
Materials: Mild Steel
Tags: vice
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
