Wooden Medal
The 2017 theme was “bring something Freaky” so I made a burnt wooden medal with blood-red detailing. The prize went to Doug with his “Granny Gross Ghosts”
Posted in: PSTOIC Medals
What’s on my bookshelf
I’ve quite a pile of books on my shelf at the moment, I thought I’d share some of them. The Manual of Direct Metal Sculpture is a book that was sitting on my wish list for a long time. The
Posted in: Books and Magazine Reviews
Will robots take over our jobs?
There’s been a commentary running throughout 2016, and I don’t mean Brexit or Celebrity deaths. The message is that the robots are coming to take our jobs. It’s been mentioned by the BBC, Guardian, Telegraph, Washington Post and CNBC even
Posted in: Inspiration
First make of the year
The first make of the year was a bit of 3D printing. I am road testing a Bitscope Blade over on Element14 and wanted to mount my disk and power supply on a board. Design After failing to find anything
Posted in: 3dPrinting
Tags: OpenSCAD
2016 – In the spotlight
For 2016 I had three main goals. Firstly to keep on top of projects and try to finish more than I started. Second to progress the Stirling Engine build and finally to visit the Model Engineer show at Brooklands. I
Posted in: Yearly Review
Fail Fast or avoid failure?
Over on her blog, CamMi Pham commented of the need to avoid failure rather than “failing fast”. This reminds me of the 1980s, back then failure was something to be avoided and something you might be punished for. I don’t
Posted in: Inspiration
Tags: failure
A little saw – update
Just a quick update on the saw book. Most of the text for the hand saws is complete. I hope add an index and glossary for ease of use. Following some discussions on twitter, my plan is to release a
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A pig’s ear
Pig’s Ear noun the ear of a wild or domestic swine something that has been badly or clumsily done; a botched job (esp in the phrase make a pig’s ear of something)) a traditional style of handrail (that’s difficult to
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
