Being lucky enough to have an uncle who is a gunsmith, an engineer, general tinkerer and appreciator of creativity, I asked him about forming tubes so they flare out like the Swarovski crystal rings in the previous post. We spoke about forming them using cones that would press into either end of the tube to [...]
Did I ever mention how much I love burl wood? No? Well I do. It’s great for small, technical pieces as the erratic grain gives it structural strength, although you do sometimes get some ‘flaws’ of softer wood or bark running through them that can make it weak. However, if you work with these flaws [...]
While updating images to fit my new blog layout I had to come back and revise this one. The title promises something way more comprehensive than the original blog post, which was just a picture of my new bike, so to give it a little more content, and communicate that I have in fact, lived [...]
Got your hard hat on? Yes? Good. Ooh, careful not to touch the wet paint… Come in but please, do take care because this site is still very much in development. I have decided to upload and launch it before development has finished as it gives me a chance to blog about what I have [...]