Fairy Door
The local community group asked if we could make a fairy door, my daughter is a “bit big for fairies” but she did fancy practising some maker skills.
Posted in: Beginners
Tags: fairy door
Creating an N-Gauge Pub
To go with the N-Gauge Pub sign, I needed an N-Gauge Pub, so I ordered a cardboard kit and some glue and assembled it one evening.
Posted in: My Projects Work In Progress
Materials: Cardboard
Tags: kit
Creating an N-Gauge Pub sign part 2
Continued from Creating an N-gauge pub sign When it came to printing out the sign, I printed 2 at once. This meant that if one failed I’d have a backup but it also helps with cooling small parts as the
Posted in: 3dPrinting
Creating an N-Gauge Pub sign
Most of the things I create don’t have a specific gauge, either because they are not based on reality or that the accuracy will not be noticed. My latest project is a small model diorama based on a town alleyway
Posted in: CAD
Heritage Crafts on TV
Over the weekend, I had an email from Spun Gold TV. Spun Gold is an independent producer and has previously made shows such as Secrets of the National Trust with Alan Titchmarsh, Great Canal Journeys, Back in the Saddle and Love
Posted in: Inspiration
Tags: heritage craft
Real life logo
I would love to claim the logo was made from planks from the old Workshopshed, but it has more humble origins. The build started out with some of the offcuts from when I made the step to our tv room.
Posted in: Projects
A robot that smells
Back in 2019, I had an idea to build a clone of the Cheesoid robot for a Project14 competition from Element14. I got as far as saving an old coffee tin and messaging David on Twitter. But I didn’t find
Posted in: Inspiration
Creating a vector version of a logo
I’ve been rebuilding the Workshopshed logo as a vector graphic. So I can display the image as a large size a low-resolution photo was not going to cut it.
Posted in: CAD
Tags: Inkscape, Vector Art
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
