A Metalwork Problem

This is the gear cassette from my beloved tandem.

Generating Graphics Using a Reluctant Office PC Running MS Word

This post explains how you can get some basic graphics into your blog posts without any vector graphics or Photoshop programmes using a reluctant and unhelpful PC.

How to Learn Your Times Tables - Top Tips and Tricks

There are lots of words and lots of numbers in the following document. Take your time, don’t rush and don’t proceed if you don’t understand.

How Flats are Fixed and Screwed together

How Flats are 'Run' and Supported

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How to put TV's and Monitors in Theatre Flats

Follow the link below this image to download the document outlining this process. Either .doc or PDF

Using Pulleys with Electric Motors

There are many types of electric motor from small battery powered mirror ball motors turning very slowly to large 240v motors able to rotate at speeds in excess of 1400 revolutions per minute (rpm)

Annealing (softening) Aluminium Plate

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Calculating the point at which a piece of box section steel will bend and not recover.

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How to make a ball and socket joint for stop motion armature

A really great example of using online blogs and media to support complex workshop work from Steve wood and his brilliant blog