Miller Welding Project Challenge – What Drives You?
Miller Welding are running a welding projects challenge for 2011. Submit your welding project to them before August 10, 2011 and you could win your choice of welders, clothing or plasma cutters. Judges are looking for creativity, quality of presentation
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Tags: Competition
Trustee from the Toolroom 1960
I was recommended the book Trustee from the Toolroom by a interesting chap who contacted me via twitter. or Trustee from the Toolroom (Kindle Edition) The book tells the story of Keith Stewart a ex-toolroom fitter who has decided to
Posted in: Books and Magazine Reviews
Tags: Shute, trustee from the toolroom
New Blades 2011
Next week is the 19th annual model makers recruitment fair aka. New Blades. The show will see universities, graduates and industry combined in one event. If the programme is anything to go be there will be some fantastic works on
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Tags: model makers, new blades, recruitment fair
Women Welders
Thanks to Freyja-Frigg of Tig Mig Frig, I’ve found out about three talented welders. Tig Mig Frig have interviewed Jackie Lundman who is a teacher at a trades school. Jackie took a trades discovery program back in 1996 and has
Posted in: Welding
Tags: women makers
Nuffield Place
The national trust are taking on Nuffield Place, a bit smaller than their usual property but of historical significance as it was the home of William Richard Morris. William Morris who later became Lord Nuffield founded and ran the Morris
Trip to the sunny south
My work took me to Marseille this week so I thought I’d take some photos of French Garages and construction equipment so you can see the difference to that back home.
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Tags: France
John Wilding Clocks Auction
John Wilding is downsizing his house and is offering up a selection of his clocks for auction. John’s clocks have been exhibited at various model engineering exhibitions and he’s written many books on the subject. He’s even ventured into Meccano
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Tags: auction, Clocks, John Wilding
Portis Shortening
Since we’ve swapped the laminate flooring in the lounge with a pale carpet we’ve started taking our shoes off at the door. So hence the need for a suitable shoe rack. I’d previously contemplated buying a couple of Ikea Lämplig
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
