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
A little venture with electronics – Wiring in the LCD
Since my prototyping on the Arduino there’s been an update to the Arduino development software. A couple of the items mentioned in the fixes are strings and the wire library, both of which are likely to be useful in the
Posted in: Electronics
Tags: Arduino, I2C, LCD
Cutting stock
For my current welding project, a series of security grills for a mate’s shed I need to cut a select of bars to length. I needed 2 x 479mm and 2 x 1199mm bars.The stock I had left over from
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Tags: cutting stock, Mathematics, Metal
9 lamps from London
A selection of cast iron and ornamental lamps from around the centre of London Pall Mall Institute of Directors Large Globe lamp, Canada House, Trafalgar Square Brass Lamp, Imperial Pub, Leicester Square China Town Shaftsbury Hotel White Horse Pub, Soho
Posted in: Inspiration
Materials: Cast Iron
Tags: Lamp, London
Chelsea flower sculpture show
On this morning’s breakfast news I spotted a fabulous metal sculpture as a backdrop to the weather forecasts. On further investigation I found out it was the M&G Garden at the Royal Chelsea Flower Show, designed by Andy Sturgeon. I
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
