Making Space for Your Woodworking Projects
Workshopshed: Today’s Guest post is from Sandy Morris who tells us of the problems of running out of space to work. Sandy: I heard an interesting but fairly common story about a man living in Oxford who was passionate about
American Magazines for Makers
So that I’d have something to read on a long flight I dropped into a Barnes and Noble store to see what magazines were available. I picked these three. Nuts and Volts I’d heard of Nuts and Volts via the
Posted in: Books and Magazine Reviews
Calbourne Water Mill
Calbourne Water Mill & Rural Museum is located at the North East corner of the Isle of Wight. There’s been a mill on the site since before the Domesday Book was written in 1086. I had a chance to visit just
Posted in: Exhibition
Drill Sharpening
I recently dismantled a broken garden seat so it could be taken for recycling. Basically separating the metal and hard plastic parts. To complete this I needed to drill out some rivets. Unfortunately doing that I snapped a 7mm drill.
Posted in: Sharpening
Tags: Drill bits, grinding
Use lighting to set the mood in your garden
The summer months are a great time to enjoy your garden but how best to take advantage of the warm evenings. Leila Jones provides some thoughts on how to light your garden. Use Lighting to Set the Mood in Your
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Jumbo Servo Motor Current
This weekend I’ve been testing the motors for the Jumbo servo. Adding on from the last test, I put in the L298 H-Bridge module, rather than test with the motor, I used two LEDs wired back to back. This allowed
Posted in: Jumbo Servo
Tags: Electric Motors, Electronics, servo
Jumbo Servo Testing
Now that the Unicorn is finished I’ve been testing the jumbo servo. I soldered a socket and some sockets to a stripboard and some headers for the Itsy Bitsy. This also has some mounting points in the corners so I
Posted in: Jumbo Servo
Stainless Steel Unicorn
Over the weekend I finished off the Stainless Steel Unicorn. My first test was not very successful as the wheels just span rather than moving the robot. So I used some Sugru to form tyres for the wheels and that
Posted in: Stainless Steel Unicorn
Materials: Stainless Steel, Sugru
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
