Spot face cutter
I needed a tool for creating the breaks in stripboard, so I created my own from a broken drill and a branch from the garden
Posted in: Electronics
Tags: pcb, Stripboard, Tools
Top Tips For Taking Care Of Garden Tools
When you’re working in your garden, there’s nothing more frustrating than having a tool that simply will not do its job. Very often the cause of this problem is poor maintenance and care. With time, wear and neglect both manual
Enhancing the lifespan of Power Tools
Workshopshed: A typically British summer this year, alternating between strong sun and damp weather. It’s not the best conditions for your equipment and tools so our latest guest author has provided some thoughts on keeping your power tools in tip
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Tags: maintenance, rust, Sponsored, Tools
LED Jig
The magnifier lamp has 24 LEDs and the housing is plastic so I did not want to solder them up in place. To simplify the assembly a wooden jig was made by drilling 3 hole through the head. An LED
Posted in: Magnifier Lamp
Tags: LED, Tools
Bench hook – Mini Woodworking Project
A bench hook is a simple project that teaches many woodworking skills and helps you when sawing. There were no free plans with instructions so I wrote some.
Posted in: Beginners, Woodworking
Tags: handworking, Tools
It’s hard in London
Life in London is tough, especially if you are a shower. Due to some unique geology, all of London is a hard water area. This means that we have minerals dissolved in the water which it makes it taste nice
Sheetmetal shears failure
Sheetmetal working is something that I’ve recently taken an interest in. A gift from work gained me a few pieces of equipment to allow me to expand my skills in this area. One of these is a small set of
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Tags: cutting, Sheetmetal, Tools
Sealant beading tool
I hate working with silicone sealant.It smells terrible.It’s a pain to wash off your skin.It doesn’t go where you want it to.It gets very messy very quickly. So when I had to seal up around the freshly lain lino, it
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Tags: Tools
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
