Thread experts?
A few years back, I went into Clerkenwell Screws, passed the man behind the counter a bolt from a second hand table and asked if he had any nuts for it. Almost immediately he came back with the comment, “oh
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Tags: Clerkenwell Screws, Screw Cutting, Taps
Tapping in Soho?
I needed a 4.5mm HSS drill bit to tap an M5 hole in my latest small project. Normally I’d order these online but as it was a nice day I thought I’d see if the local hardware store by the
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Tags: Drill bits, Hardware, Romany's, Shop, Soho, Store, Taps
Still no voltage
Following my previous posting on No Voltage Release switches, I’ve done some further research. Both my pillar drill and bench grinder already have these fitted, the lathe definately does not. Whilst searching the web for these switches, I found several
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Tags: No Voltage Release, NVR, NVR Switch, Safety, Undervoltage trigger
Beatrice for shed of the year?
Beatrice is the name for the shed assembled by three generations of a family back in March. Since writing they have given the shed a nice coat of pink paint and framed it with a rose arch. Beatrice has now
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Tags: Beatrice, Shed of the Year
Shedworld
Workshop Shed is featured on ShedWorld, a new site by ShedMan John Davies, a writer and poet from Brighton. As part of National Shed week, ShedWorld is uncovering the diversity of activities (and relaxation) that people do in their sheds
No Voltage
A local powercut launched a discussion about what would happen if I’d been machining something in the workshop whilst that happened. Well if it had been dark it might have been a little scary whilst all the equipment powered down
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Tags: No Voltage Release, NVR, NVR Switch, Safety, Undervoltage trigger, Workshop Supply
Tool storage and metal stocks storage
A few weeks back I was lucky enough to get hold of some wire mesh trays in the sale (a cuttlery holder from Tesco and a letter tray from WHSmiths). The cuttlrey tray has proven to a good container for
Posted in: Shed, Storage
Tags: Cleaning Metal, rust, Tools
Clocks, robots and electric motors
An aspiration of many an model engineer is to make a clock. Roger Wood of Klockwerks has made hundreds of clocks in his livein workshop in an old munitions factory in downtown Toronto making a range of fabulous clocks. The
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Tags: Electric Motors, Historic, Model Engineering, Scrap
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
