Drag Racing Powertools
Thanks to Martin Evans for pointing out this one: The BBC visited some drag racing power tools at Alexandra Palace. It’s not known why they were there but perhaps they were preparing for the event later in the year? “The
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Tags: drag racing, Tools
Loosing your tools
Even those with the tidiest of workshops sometimes misplace or loose their tools. You are distracted by something else or forget to put it away and when you come back you just can’t find it. You can of course mitigate
Bicycle Repairshop
Quite rightly, the Monty Python team saw the bicycle repairman as a hero. One such hero works under the railway bridge by Embankment tube in Action Bikes with this wonderful workshop. One of the things I like about bicycle repairing
Tools from Apprentices
When I was working for Dowty Group they put me through an extensive programme of training starting with drawing and CAD, electrics and electronics (with a side in brazing) finishing up with machining. In the machine shop we made a
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Tags: Apprentices, Dowty, milling vice, Tools
Tool storage and metal stocks storage
A few weeks back I was lucky enough to get hold of some wire mesh trays in the sale (a cuttlery holder from Tesco and a letter tray from WHSmiths). The cuttlrey tray has proven to a good container for
Posted in: Shed, Storage
Tags: Cleaning Metal, rust, Tools
Book Review – Tool and Cutter Sharpening
The Tool and Cutter Sharpening book, pretty much covers how to sharpen everything that you might have in your workshop, the only exception I’ve found so far is that the chapter on drills does not mention masonry bits. The book
Posted in: Books and Magazine Reviews, Grinding, Sharpening
Tags: Cutters, Drill bits, Grinder, Quorn, stent, Tools, Vertex, Worden
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
