TiN coating
I ordered some replacement drill bits this week. I’ve still not really mastered regrinding bits and given my shed time is a bit limited it seemed better to just buy replacements and use the old bits for some project requiring
A little venture with electronics – Mousing
As per wiring up the LCD, the PS2 mouse should again have been a simple process. Again the libraries are provided and there are plenty of examples. I ripped up an old tablet (no drivers for that since Win95) to
Posted in: Electronics
Tags: Arduino, mouse, ps2
James Nasmyth an Autobiography
Although I don’t have a kindle yet, I do have the software on my phone and laptop. One of the books that appeared in the free downloads was “James Nasmyth engineer; an autobiography”, obviously I had to download that and
Posted in: Books and Magazine Reviews
Tags: Engineer, Scottish, Steam Hammer
A little venture with electronics – LCD diagnostics and software
So wiring up the LCD and getting it to display some text should have been simple, I had all the bits, the wiring was very straight forward and the libraries for programming were all written. But the screen was just
Posted in: Electronics
Tags: Arduino, I2C, LCD
Sugru – Fixing, hacking, creating
I’ve known about Sugru for some time now but not really had a project that warented it’s use. However, they recently had a sale so I got an 8 pack for half price and co-incidentally had a couple of projects
Mega Scaff
In London over the last few years there has been quite a lot of construction work. There are many new buildings being built but also quite a few where they keep the facade and build a new shell. I can
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Tags: building, Scaffolding
Random Post
The other week on Twitter I was introduced to the Random Things website. The site showcases items that the author has found or that people have send it. Those of you who are mathematicians might think that the items are
Security Grills
After seeing this security grill on an art gallery I thought I’d see what other interesting grills I could find. Fortnum and Mason have some impressive gates for their doors when they shut up for the night, one of them
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Tags: security grill, wrought iron
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
