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
Posted in: Shed
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
Posted in: Electrics
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
Posted in: Uncategorised
Tags: Electric Motors, Historic, Model Engineering, Scrap
Building the flowerpot furnace
2020 Vision said: “Just wondering how you got the air into the flowerpot? Was it through the holes at the bottom or did you somehow cut a hole in the side? I would have thought the latter could weaken it.”
Posted in: Casting, Projects, Projects
Tags: Flowerpot furnace, Hole cutting, Teracotta
Blobs to blocks 2
From my second cast, I produced the following two blobs. The left hand one was much better than previous attempts with a large section of straight sides and a better finish. I expect the right one would have been better
Posted in: Casting, Lathe, Machining
Materials: Aluminium
Tags: faceplate dogs, Metal Work
Model Engineer Exhibition tickets on sale next week
The Model Engineer reports that tickets for the Model Engineer Exhibition at Ascot in September will be on sale next week. Also see the website if you want to enter your model in the competition or run your engine on
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Tags: 5in Guage Track, Model Engineer Exhibition, Model Engineering Fair
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
