Childhood Heros
Following a discussion with Patrick Andrews on Twitter about the opening of a new Heath Robinson museum we got onto the topic of heros, I thought I’d share with you a few of my childhood inventor heros, two fictional and
Posted in: Inventors
Tags: Chidrens Books, Heros
Leeds Castle Gratings
On a trip around Leeds Castle in Kent, whilst everyone was looking at the tapestries, paintings and furniture, I was staring at the floor. The reason was the amazing ironwork in the form of floor and wall grills. There were
Posted in: Uncategorised
Tags: wrought iron
BBQ Restoration – Part 3 New Welded Shelf
The shelf for the BBQ had had standing water on it for many years and hence had rusted badly. I had hoped to be able to re-use some of the metal from this for an ashpan but quickly realised that
TIG Torch Holder
The TIG Torch does not get very hot but you can’t just put it on the bench and expect it to stay there, due to the heavy pipe and cabling it gets dragged onto the floor where it might get
BBQ Restoration – Part 2 Simple Fixes
The BBQ needed a few things made so I started on the shelf, that’s quite a mini project in it’s own right so I’ll write about that separately. However whilst test fitting the frame I discovered that one of the
Clocks on Bond Street
When you walk down the street do you look in the shop windows or at your phone (or feet)? If you are walking down Bond Street it’s worth looking up as above many of the shops in a range of
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Tags: Bond Street, Clocks
BBQ Restoration – Part 1 Strip down
Earlier in the year I was given an old barrel shaped BBQ that had sat unused for about 8 years in the corner of a garden. It had filled with water and was very rusty. Despite looking like it was
Bending jig
The other week I had an idea regards bending stainless steel sheet to form a cone shape. To help this process along I’ve made a former from some heavy steel bar. It was made from 8mm bar heated on the
Posted in: Blacksmithing
Tags: Bending, Jig
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
