Valve Amp Feet
Having a acquired a classic looking valve amplifier my friend was disappointed to find that it had tacky plastic feet which were quite tall and prominant so I was commissioned to make some smaller ones from aluminium. As with all
Posted in: Valve Amp Feet
Materials: Aluminium
Tags: boring, Feet, Metal Work, Valve Amp
Trench for Workshop Electrics
After a few days of rain and a quote from an electrician to get me wired up I decided it was a good time to dig the trench for the cable to power the workshop.A line was roughly laid out
Posted in: Electrics
Tags: Spade, SWA, Trench, Underground Cable, Workshop Supply
Very worrying counterfeited goods
The purpose of the MCB (miniature circuit breaker) is to turn off the power to a circuit when the current limit is exceeded. The reasons to do this are to stop the wires or appliances setting on fire when there
Posted in: Uncategorised
Tags: Circuit Breaker, Counterfeit, MCB
Stainless Steel Washer
“Can you make me up a 38mm washer with a 19mm bore”, said my father, “in 3.5mm stainless steel” he added. My first problem was finding a supplier for the stainless steel. I quickly discovered that I was not going
Posted in: Stainless Steel Washer, Trepanning, Turning
Materials: Stainless Steel
Tags: 316, boring, Metal Work, washer
Inventing Competitions
The Society of Model and Experimental Engineers have issued their Low Energy Challenge, SMEELEC. The requirement is that you use a low energy supply to store up energy then release it to raise a weight as fast as possible. There
Posted in: Inventors
Tags: Competition, Heath Robinson, Inventing, Rube Goldberg, SMEELEC
Workshop Electrics
The changes to the UK electrical regulations made in 2005 are designed to reduce the number of people electrocuted by their own incompetent wiring and to eliminate cowboy electricians. The “part p” regulations basically specify that a competent person (electrician)
Posted in: Electrics, Shed
Tags: Burried Cables, SWA, Underground Cable, Workshop, Workshop Supply
Cut off disk mandrel finished
My first mini project on the lathe is complete. The external 2mm thread took three attempts, the first screw cutting did not work at all. The second was good but too long and when I tried to shorten the screw
Posted in: Cut off disk mandrel
Tags: Cutoff Disk, Dremel, Mandrel, Metal Work, Mini Drill
Furnace kit
Given the price of Aluminium in large pieces and the problems with shipping I decided to build a cheap “flowerpot” / “coffeecan” furnace from scrap and cheap materials to do some simple casting which could then be machined. Everyone on
Posted in: Casting, Furnace
Tags: Coffeecan, Cruicible, Flowerpot, Liftout, Tongs
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
