Stirling Rally 2012
The 12th Stirling Air Engine rally will be held this year on March 25th at Kew Bridge Steam Museum. I attended last year’s event and can report it was very popular, particularly the cafe. There was a great selection of
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Tags: workshopshed
Workshop Inventor Interview
Workshopshed: Graham Downey is an inventor of tools for the plumbing industry and DIY enthusiasts. He has multiple patents and works with fellow inventor and model engineer Alan Green. Together they design and developed a comprehensive range of tools to
CAD practice
As previously mentioned I’m regaining an interest in CAD. A friend has asked me to fabricate some frames for his shed windows and that seemed and excellent opportunity to practice my welding and also some drawing (with welding symbols). Following
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Tags: CAD, Drawing, Welding Symbols
Wrapped in Bronze-anodised Aluminium
In my previous wander around St James I spotted a metal clad building. I’ve taken some photos and found a few details. 66 St James’s Street was designed by Rodney Gordon of Tripos Architects in 1979-82. The building was commissioned
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Materials: Aluminium
Tags: anodising, architecture
Curious Pursuits
Some pictures of the opening night of Porter & Jenkinson‘s Curious Pursuits at the Portico Library and Gallery can be seen over on the Flea Circus Research Library Blog.
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Tags: art exhibition, manchester
Boxing the flea chariot
The flea chariot is off for a month in an art gallery up in Manchester so I wanted to ensure it would survive the journey up there and back. I already had a wooden box in the style of a
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Tags: box, flea chariot, foam
The Manufacturing Rotary Table ‘vs’ Their Shed Based Cousins
Thanks to Martin Power and Robert from Kitagawa Europe, I have another guest blog. Robert looks at rotary tables and how the small manual rotary table you might have for your drill press or milling table compairs with it’s bigger
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Tags: rotary table, Sponsored
What to Look for in a CAD System
When you are just making stuff for yourself it’s fine to just sketch things out on a pad and make them. However, if you are working with others it is good to have proper drawings that you can share and
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
