Life after trench
Lots of people are moaning about the wet weather, I’m not one of them. Thanks to a lovely combination alternating heavy rain and sun the lawn is almost back to normal. Following the digging of the trench for the workshop
Posted in: Electrics
Tags: Trench, Turf, Underground Cable, Workshop Supply
Suppliers
I learnt about a couple of suppliers today, the first is Maidstone Engineering Supplies, a good all round supplier of materials, tools and steam components. http://www.maidstone-engineering.co.uk/ The second is Metal Supermarkets who have stores all over the UK and a
Posted in: Uncategorised
Materials: Aluminium, Brass
Tags: Bar, Rod, Sheet, Steel
Spindles
Back in the 1940s the idea of “Make Do and Mend” was common, however over the last 60 years the disposable culture has slowly taken over. My friends from PSTOIC are the kind of people who will happily repair something
Posted in: Projects, Projects, Repairs
Tags: Mending, Metal Work, Plastic, Spindles, Steel, Wood
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
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
