Stripboard
For an upcoming project, I wanted to create the design on stripboard so that others could easily reproduce it. But I needed a design tool…
Posted in: Electronics
Tags: pcb, Stripboard
Building Garden Sheds – Should You Do It Yourself?
If you’re planning to build a garden shed, you should first consider whether it’s possible to do it yourself. Its complexity will determine whether you can DIY. Read on for everything you need to know about building a shed in
First look at DesignSpark Mechanical
I’ve been aware of DesignSpark Mechanical for some time but never had the need to install it. I’ve been using Fusion360 until recently when my “startup” license expired. So I downloaded it, installed it and had a bit of a
Posted in: CAD
Tags: Design Spark
Fantasy tool shop
Have you ever gone to a tool shop, web site or catalogue and browsed through, picking out a fantasy shopping basket of those things you’d get if money was no object? I know I have. So I put the question
Posted in: Inspiration
Driving Electric Beryl
Maker of Things, Alfred Chow recently got into model railways and was looking for a suitable female figure to drive miniature copy of the electric vehicle “Beryl the EV“ These were harder to find than he thought, so I offered
Posted in: 3dPrinting
Tags: Human figures, Model Railway
A secret door found at the back of the larder
Whilst trapped in lockdown, Jim and Hilda Bloggs of Bellhouse Road, Sheffield were not expecting to find a priceless historical artefact. When Jim and Hilda decided to re-arrange their store cupboard, little did they know what the would discover. “It
Posted in: Inspiration
Tags: APR1, History, secret door
Desk Finishing
As mentioned a few days ago, I’ve been making a child’s desk from some scrap planks. I discovered late in the build that one of the planks was twisted. That caused the frame to twist when it was screwed together.
Posted in: Woodworking
Materials: Pine
A child’s desk
After our last bed broke for a second time we decided to replace it. As usual I dismantled it for parts and gave the rest for recycling. So I’ve ended up with a number of thick wooden planks and a
Posted in: Woodworking
Materials: MDF, Pine
Tags: Scrap, simple project
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
