Engine Repair
As mentioned in the article on battery charging, a ride on train was recently purchased a charity shop but it was not working.There were a few faults with it: The main power switch was not working. It was a two
Posted in: Repairs
Tags: Electric Motors, toy, train
Battery Charger (6v Sealed Leadacid)
Those who have been following Workshopshed on Twitter may be aware that I’ve a project to repair a childs toy train. This was purchased non-working from a charity shop and is electrically driven. I’ll post up a separate article on
Posted in: Electronics
Tags: battery charger
Double Height Letters and a hidden hive of tech in Westminster
On Monday night I got to attend the London Arduino Meetup, this group is a mixed bunch of beginners and enthusiasts explaining and learning about using the arduino in their projects. The session was based at the Westminster Hub, a
Posted in: Electronics
Tags: Arduino, robots
3D printing a pattern for sand casting
In Model Engineer No 4329 July 2008 there was a set of plans by Jan Ridders for building a coffee cup stirling engine. I liked the model but had some ideas for adapting it to make it a little more
Posted in: Casting
Tags: 3d Printing, Stirling Engine
iMakr – The Opening of a 3D Printing Store in London
Today I joined 300 other makers, designers and tech enthusiasts at the opening of iMakr. In fact the opening has proved so popular that it has been spread over 2 days so that more people can attend. The store describes
Posted in: Uncategorised
Tags: 3d Printing
A sand bag
“A sandbag? Are you expecting flood?” I was asked. “No it’s for metal forming” I replied. When I’d been making the candle snuffer, I’d found it difficult to get the cone shape on the end and using the anvil covered
Posted in: Sandbag
Materials: Leather
Tags: metal forming
Candle Snuffer
Another little mini project. Some of our candles can be a bit tempremental when blown out with wax flying everywhere and I burn my fingers snuffing them out “manually”. So I went old school and made a little candle snuffer.
Posted in: Beginners
Materials: Copper, Sugru
Tags: copper, snuffer
Mini Project – Making a Trivet
After the bathroom was renovated we had some marble border tiles left over and due to an accident with a photo I also had a broken picture frame. I decided to put these together and create a small potstand or
Posted in: Woodworking
Tags: tiling
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
