What does an exploded capacitor look like?
Ahh ha. After tinkering about inside the sewing machine foot pedal speed controller, I finally tracked down the source of the dodgy speed regulation. As it just so happens I found a fine replacement...
View ArticleScroll saw-sewing machine wins Instructables Contest
A big thank you to everyone who voted for this step-by-step guide to change a sewing machine into a scroll saw! Votes got it through into the 30 finalists and the Instructables judges decided upon the...
View ArticleAdventures in SteamPunk
Guess what these are going to be part of! We have been working on a new project, which is a bit of an experiment in ‘steampunk’ style. Of course, it is going to be a functional thing as well....
View ArticleAdventures in Steampunk (clue 2)
I am sure a lot of you will know what this is… It helps to form part of this… Both end pieces offer a rotating bearing, but where do they come from? and what is the roller for?
View ArticleAdventures in steampunk (clue 3)
Ok so the last bits were from an old hard disk drive. This (below) is also a part of the contraption. The completer machine will involve a kind of evaporation in performing it’s primary function. It...
View ArticleEmergency Breakfast-cake (savoury or sweet)
Bit of an off topic one here, but if your interested in cooking (or eating) I just knocked up a fun little instructable on how to cook “Emergancy Breakfast Cakes“. Have been refining them for years, so...
View ArticleMaking a Logo
In this post we discuss the design and use of Logos, and how we made and refined ours.
View ArticleThe week of tool bending
I remember my dad instructing me how important it was to handle drill bits with care. “Very hard, but brittle – never leave them in the chuck or drop them on the floor – they break too easily”, I...
View ArticleGolden Hill Centre Opens
The Golden Hill Centre, the site near Carmarthen on which we are building our FE Workshop, opened its doors to the public last Saturday (16th July). While our workshop remains very much in-process,...
View ArticleAmbient Energy Aqua Purge Device Wins Prize
Workshop building continues…. but in other, lighter news: Bongo, of Flowering Elbow struck lucky and won a years subscription to Make Magazine with the entry of some photos of the Ambient Energy Aqua...
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