Repoussé Medal
I’ve started reading Chasing and Repoussé a book by Nancy Megan Corwin on a new metalworking technique, new for me that is, the technique is a few thousand years old. That technique is “Repoussé” which is forming shapes in sheet
Posted in: PSTOIC Medals, Repoussé Medal
Materials: Brass
Tags: brass, chasing, medal, repoussé
Abandoned Projects?
A twitter discussion with Inderpreet Singh about an ever increasing pile of shelved projects lead me to ask: Question: When is it ok to abandon a project? Here were the responses: Boris Adryan …when the cost/benefit ratio is extremely skewed
Posted in: Inspiration
Tags: projects
A study in plywood, Obelisk #3
In the Summer of 2014, I was sorting some wood in the shed and noticed the lovely grain on some of the offcuts of plywood. One piece was a strange obelisk like shape and was not large enough to make
New tools
For Christmas I received a generous gift of a pocket hole jig, drill and clamp. Unfortunately the provided depth stop was the wrong size as it was intended for a much smaller drill. Rather than send that back I thought
Posted in: Woodworking
Tags: depth stop, pocket hole jig
2015 – A winning year
My main plan for 2015 was to built a little Stirling Engine based on a design from Model Engineer with some tweaks and castings. However even in January I was distracted by other projects. The Cel Robox 3D printer I’d
Posted in: Yearly Review
Conductive Paint and Threaded Inserts
Thanks to Rachel Lancaster from It’s All Geek to me I’ve had the chance to try out the Christmas cards from Bare Conductive. The set has three cards, a Santa, Flash (Rudolf’s lesser known cousin) and a Polar bear. There
Posted in: Electronics
Tags: conductive paint
Christmas Tree Trinket
My work colleague joked that I should not be let near the Christmas fairy lights as I’d probably “hook a microcontroller to them”. I’d not actually thought of this before but as the gauntlet had been thrown down I thought
Posted in: Christmas Tree Trinket, Electronics
Materials: Plywood
Tags: 3mm ply, Adafruit, Hobbycraft, LEDs, Oomlout, Trinket
Model Engineer’s Workshop 236
My report on the World Maker Faire 2015 in New York can be seen in Model Engineer’s Workshop 236, available online, at WHSmiths and all good newsagents.
Posted in: Exhibition
Tags: MEW
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
