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Well today was the first time for many reasons I have been able to do some real metal work! I decided that I would fire up the furnace and melt and mould the coupling between the wiper motor and the milling table screw. I decided that instead of trying to make all the patterns in [...]

Well I have been using the lathe today for the first time in some time. The reason? I am making a baby Walker for my new (well 8 month old) granddaughter. It has stainless steel axles, phosphor bronze bushing in the wheels and nylon bushing through timber sides! So she should be ok up to around a [...]

Well thanks to a stupid moron who hacked into my blog I could not update this site until my brother Stephen, managed to sort it out! So a public thanks Steve, I owe you one. Searching Google it seems that I am not alone so beware out there, even if you have safety on your [...]

Hello, please bear with me if you  follow me on www.mikes-models.com my main website since I have had a terminal failure of my laptop and it will take some time to reinstall everything (some of which may not be recoverable!). Also little will be done to sort this out since the internet will be unavailable [...]

Well I have managed to get into the workshop again and am in the middle of making a power feed to my own design for the RF25 milling machine I bought from Axminster tools some years ago. I will be writing up the design including drawings when I finally complete it. So far I only [...]

Work continued on the pair of patterns for the Seal engine. I am now at the stage of painting to get a good finish. To help me I use two different spray colours so I can see clearly the areas I am covering. This works well and after making a few more adjustments, seen because [...]

I have decided to make use of the fretsaw before putting it away after making a couple of wooden toys for my grandchild. I need to have two castings for the Seal that are handed different from the norm, allowing one engine to run in reverse, allowing contra-rotating propellers in the boat (Fairey Huntsman) being [...]

I dislike working in wood and I hate painting. So of course with my new Grandchild the toys mum and dad want are……..wood and painted! The first toy I made was a puzzle and the only enjoyment was making the aluminium knobs, but Freya loves playing with it so that makes it all worth while. However, the wooden [...]

I needed to have a method of sanding in an awkward narrow square hole. Whilst visiting my local do it yourself  store looking for some child safe paint (see my blog about spraying and making a box for my Granddaughter) I spotted the Black and Decker Mouse sander and saw it came with a small nose extension [...]