Best Wood Types for Woodcarving
Workshopshed: Wood carving is known to be a demanding art. Not everyone seems to be able to do it, and you need some skills, knowledge and a lot of practice to get it right. Ashley Ward from Woodworking Toolkit shares
Konig Full HD Action Camera
At the end of last month the Babbages Baggage won a prize from the Element14 Project14 challenge. They gave us some vouchers to spend at Farnell or CPC. Because my daughter had been doing some videos for Megan TV, I
Posted in: Electronics
Cost Vs Price Vs Value
There have been some interesting comments on Twitter recently about selling price of handmade items. Fiora Aeterna shared an exchange from her friend a Cosplay prop and costume maker. There were a couple of notable points about the exchange. Firstly
Posted in: Inspiration
World War II bomber found on moon
Back on April 24th 1988 a tabloid newspaper reported that a Lancaster Bomber has been found on the moon. At the time this was thought to be fake news. Ivan Pullnileg a reporter for Russia Today claims that a leaked
Posted in: Inspiration
Tags: APR1, lancaster bomber, Space
Girls with Drills
You might have spotted the #GirlsWithDrills hashtag or photos on-line. I caught up with Kisha Bradley to find out more. Workshopshed: Hi Kisha, thanks for letting us know all about the campaign. Perhaps we could start with, what actually is
Trinket M0
I’ve always been a fan of the smaller microcontroller boards such as the Arduino Micro used in the Topsy Turvy Clock and the Trinket used for a Christmas decoration. But the small size does come with some limitations. In the
Posted in: Electronics
Top Women Makers
Mad Morda I spotted Mad Morda via her application to host Element14’s “The Ben Heck Show”. She’s been making electronics, mods and 3D printed projects and publishing on youtube for the last year. I wish her the best of luck
Posted in: Inspiration
Tags: women makers
Responsibility and common sense
Are bowls food safe? Jimmy Shaw brought up an interesting discussion on twitter the other day about where to draw the line for advising viewers. My thought was that this specific item should have been mentioned. The reasoning is that
Posted in: Safety
Tags: common sense
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
