Tool makers clamp – work in progress
They say that the thing that separates the humans from the animals is the ability to make tools so I’m feeling all human at the moment. Over the last couple of weekends, I’ve been working on a tool makers clamp,
Posted in: Projects, Projects, Tool Maker's Clamps
3D printing
A new company Shapeways is opening up to make small 20cm×25cm×33cm plastic objects based on a 3D modelling or CAD file. They hope to be able to make items upto 91cm×61cmx91cm in the future. Using a range of different materials
Posted in: 3dPrinting
Tags: 3d Printing
Model Magazines from last century
I’m selling some of my old magazines on Ebay, I’ve two RCM&E and one Radio Modeller magazine from the late 1990s. Articles include: Experiments with vectored thrust Skybuster Manoeuvre of the month – The square loop Radio Controlled Airships Build
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Tags: Model Aeroplanes, Radio Modeller, RCME
Clamps, vices and lifting
I’ve been away for a few days on the continent drinking cold beers so not much been happening in the workshop shed. However, I have started work on a small tool maker’s clamp to help with the making of the
Posted in: Tool Maker's Clamps
Tags: boat lift, machine vice
Marvelous Mechanical Gadgets
A selection of gadgets, gears and mechanisms.
Posted in: Mechanical Gadgets
Tags: Gears, Kinetic Sculpture
Making Tiny Wheels
My next project is a “Flea Circus Chariot”, this is a basic two wheeled chariot similar to those used on Roman Chariot races. The plan is to make this from brass sheet with the wheels machined from brass rod. The
East London Engineering
I’ve discovered that there’s a 3rd London based Model Engineering Society, out in the East is the “Dockland and East London Model Engineering Society” according to the Model Engineering diary page they are still active, model making and running trains
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Tags: East London, Model Engineering
Moving the workshop
Not as drastic as it sounds, just moving the WorkshopShed Blog from http://workshopshed.blogspot.com to https://www.workshopshed.com. Thanks to my friends at 2020media for supplying the domain name and moving it across very quickly.
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Tags: blogger, blogging, workshopshed
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
