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
Culzean Castle Sculptures
Culzean Castle is celebrating it’s connection to to the sea and waterways with a wonderful series of willow scipltures.
Posted in: Sculpture
Replacement Step
The room we are making into a cinema room used to be an office. It had a weird platform jutting out into the room. It wasn’t very practical and took a valuable space from the room. We stripped it back
Posted in: DIY
More modelling
I’ve been doing some more modelling in FreeCAD this week. I wanted to create a pipe that looked a bit like a vacuum cleaner pipe. So I used the loft tool.
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
