Resin Vacuum Casting
I first heard of @ResinVC when someone shared a picture of some special mold opening pliers. The process uses a vacuum chamber in which resin mixed and then poured into a flexible mould. Because of the lack of air you
Posted in: Interview
Tags: vacuum casting
Sable & Ox – providing artists with access to new markets and digital marketing
I was introduced to Sable & Ox via twitter a few months back and since then have been admiring some of the excellent sculpture, furniture and automata showcased on the site. Sable & Ox work with independent, UK based artists
Posted in: Inspiration, Sculpture
Tags: gallery
Materials Rack
For the shower room renovation the builder recommended water proof concrete backer boards for the cubicle. After a long chat with the man at the counter at the DIY store I managed to get these ordered and delivered at the
Posted in: Woodworking
Tags: Home Improvements, Scrap
The grout is strong in that one
If you have been following my twitter feed you will know I have been renovating my shower room after we found, just before Christmas that the floor was rotten. I took the tiles off the cubicle and the cause of
Real Time Clock – DS1307
For my Topsy Turvy clock project I’ve purchased an I2C clock module based on the DS1307 Real-Time Clock chip. As mentioned this came without a battery to keep the post office happy. Although looking at the current wording of the
Posted in: Topsy Turvy Clock
Tags: Arduino, RTC, Sponsored
More small steppers
The output of my stepper motor feeds into a gearbox which I’ve been told has a ratio of approximatly 64:1. During the research of this project I came across a discussion about why the gear ratios were not exact nice
Posted in: Electronics, Topsy Turvy Clock
Tags: Arduino, stepper motor
Spotting Drills vs centre drills
In MEW 212 Chris Smith from Taunton chastises Harold Hall for using centre drills for starting a hole and recomends using a spotting drill or stub drill instead. This is something that I also do so I thought I’d investigate
Posted in: Drilling
Tags: centre Drill, Drill bits
Arduino Micro Review
The Arduino Micro is one of the newer Arduino models but it does not get much of a mention. Like the Leonardo it has a single microcontroller chip, the ATmega32u4 which is an 8bit controller with 32K of Flash and
Posted in: Uncategorised
Tags: Arduino
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
