Articles, case studies and notes of interest.
The temptation of St Dunstan
Saturday, 29 October 2011 06:38
In order to survive and prosper in todays' market place the 21st century crafts person will often need to possess, in addition to the mastery of their craft, both business and 'people' skills; for it is of little use being able to load your metaphorical ship to the gunwales with wonderful, rare and expensive fish from far out at sea if you are unable to bring them to land and thence to market.
Large cellar stick
Monday, 19 July 2010 21:38
This large, in fact barely portable, cellar stick (one of a pair) posed a few problems in the making due, quite simply, to its' size. Made from 20 mm square bar, and standing about 2 foot high, operations that had been very straightforward on its' more conventionally sized ancestor (seen in the background) became rather more challenging. The pictures that follow illustrate some of the processes....
Sawdust burner prototype 1
Monday, 19 July 2010 20:58
The intention was to produce a sawdust burner a step larger than the larger commercially available burners, but using the same top draught system.
I used 4mm mild steel for the barrel and a two layer steel sandwich, total thickness 10 mm, for the top plate. The construction aimed to achieve as much as possible by the use of laser cut profiles, and the barrel was also rolled by others as this appeared to be the most cost effective route. The legs run the length of the stove and hold the top down also, by simply being bent over at the last stage of construction. Diameter is 600 and height 1250.
Having made the stove it was lent to a small joinery workshop and installed and run for a period of 3 months
Elephants?
Monday, 19 July 2010 05:25
A few of the close up images on this site may have shown a curious rectangular flaw on some pieces of work. Over the years it has lost some definition but upon closer scrutiny it is still, recognizably, an elephant This is my trade stamp, and is to be found somewhere on all jobs designed and made by ourselves (provided surfaces large enough to take it ).
job 579 in progress
Thursday, 15 July 2010 19:56
This pinwheel design ran through a number of balustrades and several gates on this project. Our input to the design that we were presented with was to treat it, in so far as was feasible, as a series of forgings rather than as a fabrication. While in some ways this was not the easiest path to take there were definite advantages in not having to weld and finish in some very tight corners, and the overall effect was much more characterful than it would otherwise have been, without, I feel, losing any of its dignity.
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