…by hand is hard work, and leaves me with achy fingers. Continue reading “Metal bending…”
Category: Workshop
All of the clamps!
Sometime one does a make, and it doesn’t quite work out. It is then remade with some changes, and then glued the wrong way Continue reading “All of the clamps!”
Trouble at’ mill…
…When this job came along.
Can you build a miniature mill?
Yup, lets have a meeting.
Can you make that ten miniature mills?
A Hatchet job…
came into the workshop this week.
A fellow fixer at the Manchester Repair Cafe, hosted by Stitched Up, asked if I could repair or replace a broken handle shaft on her hand axe. A straight forward job I am happy to do for a friend.
Western Approaches Week 1
June 2017 was the start of an interesting and complex project for Maker of Things.
It began with a query from Big Heritage simply asking: “Alfred. Are you up for recreating an entire 1940s street scene?”
Of course I replied: “OK. Where, when and what budget?”
Tail Lights…
…For old trucks are a little expensive to buy, especially when you don’t really need originals. Continue reading “Tail Lights…”
A ‘saw’ point..
…With me is that I recently bought a bare DeWalt DW 936 circular saw from EBay and converted it to use Bosch 18V Li batteries. It was a good saw, on the whole, just needing new brushes and a the battery conversion to become a useful tool again. Continue reading “A ‘saw’ point..”
A big stacking tool box…
…Finally made it into my working life!
Following on from my post about needing a new tool box, I finally bought one. I looked at quite a few from various big tool brands and decided, on both price and usefulness, to go with a Magnusson branded stacking trolley box from B&Q. There was an offer to buy a set of three stacking components for £92.00 keeping it all below my £100 budget. Continue reading “A big stacking tool box…”
Beginning another small job…
…in the workshop.
I am working on a client’s storage bench seat. Continue reading “Beginning another small job…”
Making a work light…
…for the project we are currently on.
The job is in an underground ‘secret bunker’, with limited lighting and a black ceiling in the area we are working in. Continue reading “Making a work light…”