Resources

There are lots of resources available on the web to help with your projects; here are just a few I’ve found over the years.

Useful Links

Interesting Links
- Adventures in Watchmaking Watchmaking and horology tools
- All About Circuits Latest news and trends for Electronics Engineers
- Black Dog Salvage Architectural Salvage in Virginia, watch out for their Maker of the Month
- Bletchley Park
- Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
- Extreme Kits Van De Graff Generators, Corona Motors, Magnetic motors and Electrostatic Generators
- Furby Autopsy
- Internet Craftsmanship Museum
- Making Wierd Stuff
- Mechanical Confections
- MS Raynsford Useless Machines, Laser cutting and more
- Nothing Too Strong Ever Broke Tom Lipton journal of mechanical persuits
- Panofish Machining, Woodwork, Tool Mods, DIY
- Penguin's Lab
- Rich Rap Latest in DIY 3D Printing
- Rick Sparber Metalworking and steam engines
- Scrapheap Challenge
- Steam Boat Association The Steam Boat Association of Great Britain
- Steve's Workshop Steves workshop full of tools, steam engines, stirling engines, toys, woodwork and more
- The Engineer Online resource for the engineering industry offering users the latest news and features
- The Field Lab
- The MAD Museum The MAD (Mechanical Art & Design) Museum in Stratford on Avon
- Tim's Model Airship Project

Other People
- Alice's Fashion and Welding Blog
- Applescotty's Scrapbook
- Art in Steel Alan Ross Metal Sculpture from Herefordshire, garden sculpture
- Ben Brandt / B2Builds Woodworking and technology combined
- Ben Krasnow Great selection of diverse projects from DIY Raman Spectroscopy to Cookie Machines
- Bex Simon Bespoke metalwork and homeware accessories
- Bitquill Spiros Papadimitriou’s 3D Printing and electronics
- Blondi Hacks Quinn’s page of metalwork, repairs, welding, electronics and computing
- Building a pair of Tinkerbells Peter and his project to build two Tinkerbell type 7.25″ gauge steam locomotives
- Channel Kevin Caron Videos on Milling, Welding, Metal Forming and more
- Concrete Dog
- Crabfu Artworks
- Dan's Workshop Electric furnace, aluminium casting, lego steam engines, alternative power
- Darbin Orvar Linn – Girl in a shop, lighting, furniture and woodworking projects
- David Neat Model Making Techniques
- Ed's Junk Shop Animatronics, Props, Tools, DIY and other totally amazing projects
- Extreme Electronics Tesla Coils, High Voltage electronics and amazing projects
- Faraz Sayed Maker, fixer, material scientist
- Harold Hall – The Metalworkers Workshop Harold wrote many of the Workshop Practice series books and his site is a wealth of information and tips
- James Stanley z80, electronics, 3D printing, casting and more
- Jo the Iron Blacksmith Courses, Standalone Farm Forge, Hertfordshire
- John Baguley's Model Engineering
- Keith's Electronics Blog
- Kit Wallace OpenSCAD, sculpture, 3D Printing
- Knoba – Things I've made A good selection different projects and tool builds
- Maker of Things – Alfred Chow A maker with some interesting projects, odd things, bike trailers, electric tractors, museum displays.
- Making It Three different makers with different backgrounds talking about creativity, design and making things with your bare hands. Hosted by Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett and David Picciuto
- Mayer Makes Clemens Mayer builds electronic and DIY projects in Austria and appears at MakerFaires
- Metaltronics Metalworking and Electronics by Ignacio Garrido
- My Heap Casting, Gingery Lathe and Shaper, Furnaces
- Part Fusion 3D printing, Resin, LEDs
- Phil's Workbench Making model buildings, trains and accessories
- Rouge River Workshop Tom dabbles in just about every field: small engine and power tool repair, woodworking machine restoration, tool design, electronic projects, woodworking of a more practical nature, also around the house construction projects.
- Southern California Home Shop Machinists A group of amateur machinists who all share a love of metal, assure lively discussions and a variety of viewpoints for problem solving.
- Steam Punk Workshop Jake Von Slatt’s Steam Punk Workshop
- Steve's Workshop Steves workshop full of tools, steam engines, stirling engines, toys, woodwork and more
- Stuff Andy Makes Maker, Tinkerer Chief Technical Strategist, Office Chairiot™ inventor
- Tanya Makes Stuff Projects with microcontrollers, LEDs and motors
- The Ben Heck Show Electronics hobbyist Ben Heckendorn builds and mods a host of amazing community-inspired electronics creations
- The Carpenter's Daughter DIY and Repairs
- The Internet Lab of Winston Moy CNC, Electronics, Making, Disassembling, Motion Control,
- The rag and bone man Turning discarded metal into unique items
- Tinkerlog Alex Weber’s Portfolio of Amazing projects
- Upcycling My Life At 49 Welded scultures, small projects and woodwork

Blacksmith
- Artistic Blacksmithing and Wrought Iron
- Blacksmith's Day Blacksmith, Art, Sculpture, Craft, Handmade, Tools
- British Artist Blacksmith Association
- Jo the Iron Blacksmith Courses, Standalone Farm Forge, Hertfordshire
- Owen Bush Artist Blacksmith Artist Blacksmith and Bladesmith, and Bushfire Forge School of Smithing.
- Quinell School of Blacksmithing
- Vaughans (Hope Works) Tools and Equipment for Blacksmiths and Foundries

Inventing
- Invention of the day Patrick Andrews – Invention of the day
- Inventor Tim Hunkin Creator of wacky arcade machines at the Underthe Pier show and Novelty Automation exhibition, TV star of “The life of Machines”
- Lyndon's Machines
- One Stop Invention
- The Curious Inventor Concise explanations of technical topics

London Model Enginering Society
- North London Society of Model Engineers
- The Society of Model and Experimental Engineers

Sheds
- Reader's Sheds
- Shed Plans Shed plans from Shedplans.org. Plans for making a wide range of different shed styles and designs
- The secrets of shed building

Steam Punk
- Brass Goggles Forum
- Steam Punk Workshop Jake Von Slatt’s Steam Punk Workshop
- The Steampunk Home

Suppliers
- Abrasive Systems Flap disks, grinders, stainless steel finishing
- Abrasives for metal Flapdisks and polishing kits
- Adafruit Electronics, 3D Printing, Excellent Tutorials and guidance, Microcontrollers
- Anvil Trading Tools for metal work and welding
- Arc Euro Trade Machine tools such as milling and lathes, general workshop tools
- Avery Knight Construction Tools, Masonry, Carving, Sculpture, Pattern Makers Tools
- Axminster Tools A diverse range of woodworking tools and machinery
- Baileigh Industrial Baileigh metal fabricating equipment
- Barry Carter Motor Products Harrogate
- Bearing Boys Bearing, Belts, Electric Motors
- Blackgates Engineering Castings for machine tools, Sweet Pea Locomotive parts and plans
- Buy Metal Online Wide variety of metal products including steel, brass, copper, checker plate, Corten steel and aged metals
- Camden Miniature Steam Services Bookshop for model engineers, steam fans and all things technical
- Carhartt Workwear Authorised Major Carhartt Workwear UK Distributor
- Chase Alloys Specialists & Suppliers in Stainless Steel & Multi-Metals
- Chronos Engineering Supplies Wide range of engineering tools and parts
- College Engineering Supply Range of engineering materials, steel, plastics, bronze, cast iron, casting for engineering tools
- Cowells Small Machine Tools Precision lathes and milling machines for engineers and clock makers
- CP Cases Protective Cases & 19″ Racks for Transit & Storage
- Cromwell Industrial Tools Industrial tools for garage, welding and workshop
- CuP Alloys of Chesterfield Silver solder, flux, brazing torches
- Drill Service Burrs, drills, reamers, countersinks, centre drills etc.
- Ebay – Metalworking Tools
- EKP Screws and Turned Parts Model Engineering tools and components, 6″ Burrell castings and drawings
- Emvio Engineering Bristol based supplier of workshop sized milling machines
- Engineering Supplies Taps, Dies, Drills, Gauges and everything you need for threading
- Eyre and Baxter Marking and Identification Specialists from Sheffield UK
- F H Brundle Materials and tools for ornamental metal work, e.g. scrolls, baskets, gate hardware, handrails, mesh and more
- Farnell Electronics, Components, Arduino bits, Tools and Testgear
- Flints Theatrical Chandlers For making props, casting, resins, scenic materials, paints
- Forward Metals Aluminium sheet, channel and bar, brass round bar
- Gears and Sprockets Gears, Sprockets, Tiiming Belts, Pulleys
- Gloster Tooling Machine tools, collets, boring heads, indexable tooling
- GS Supplies “everything model engineers require to build model steam locomotives and traction engines”
- Hallet Oil Oils and lubricants for machining and steam engines
- Hemmingway Kits Drawings and castings for engineering tools by people such as G H Thomas and G H Thomas, also model engines
- Hindleys Ltd Design and technology supplier (including metal supplies)
- Home and Workshop Machinery Surplus and pre-owned equipment for the workshop
- HPC Gears Gears, Racks, Lead Screws, Splined Shafts, Springs
- John Winter Casting Supplies for Model Engineers
- Macc Models Materials, parts and tools for model engineering
- Machine Mart Garage and DIY equipment including welding
- Maidstone Engineering Boilers, castings, models, tools and fittings
- Metalcraft Forming, punching, scrolling tools for metal
- Metals 4U Metal suppliers for longer pieces of metal
- Milton Keynes Metals
- Mindsets Online
- Model Fixings
- My Hobby Store
- Namrick Nuts, bolts, screws and washers
- Noggin End Metals
- Original Gauge & Calibration Solutions Internal thread gauges, external thread gauges and UKAS calibration services
- Plastic Pipe Shop Sells plastic pipes.
- Polly Model Engineering
- R-Tech Welding Ltd Welding machines and welding supplies
- RDG Tools
- Reeves 2000 Model engineering supplies and castings
- RS Electronic and mechanical components along with tools and test equipment
- Smith And Arrow Cutting Discs, Abrasives, Flap Disks
- Stakesy's Metalwork Machinery English Wheels, Benders, Shaping, Notching, Slip Rolls and Vices
- Stuart Models Castings, machined kits and ready to run steam engines
- The Metals Warehouse Aluminium and Stainless Steel sheet, plate and bar, cut to size and delivered across the UK
- Tracy Tools Tap and Die Specialist, Drills, End Mills etc
- UK Stainless Stainless Steel Fasteners and fittings
- Warco Lathes, Machine Tools, Metalworking
- Welding and Welder Welding equipment, consumables and tools
- Welding Supplies Direct Mig, Tig & Arc Welders, Plasma Cutters & Equipment
- Westermans Welding Equipment
- Win Source Electronics Online Store A good place to get small batches of common components, (End of Life) EOL and obsolete parts
- Yorkshire Profiles Metal Offcut Store A range of sheet metal in a variety of shapes and sizes