Itchy Scabs - More Scavvies
Three more scavvies to swell the ranks. This time its another trio of unreleased Jes Goodwin sculpts. Once again brilliant figures and really enjoyable to paint with all the layered rags and fun…
Commission: 16mm skips…
Following on from last weeks ‘Commission Monday’ today I share a trio of Slaters 16mm/ft WDLR skips. These models are built from injection moulded plastic with one piece skips bodies… The wheels are…
Restoration Books Now Available!
Books about the restoration of Balintore Castle are now available on Amazon - hurrah! Dylan Mballa has written a Spanish language version with a beautiful cover that looks like the label of an…
b.log 2026/06/28 - If it's not one thing, it's another..., EPROM reading, Update?
If it's not one thing, it's another..., EPROM reading, Update?
Renovation Costs in Japan: What Things Actually Cost to Fix
Everyone wants to know the purchase price. That’s the wrong number. The right number is the total cost — purchase...
Fight the commercialisation of junk journaling
"Junk journaling" has been a trending term on the internet crafting space for a while. As you can infer from the term, "junk journaling" is the creative practice of collaging with materials that…
hardware dresser pt XII.....
I was wrong I had more than enough pine to get all the drawer parts. Four drawers all the same size and one drawer about 1/4" smaller. Also got lucky that depth and width of the drawers were less…
FORGOTTEN HEROES Part 5
Come on no one really thought I would do two models and stop did they ! LOL So eight years ago I joined in Forgotten Heroes and have completed models 6 times, so it's only fair that I do six models…
House Upgrade
Spotted: Miss B's whole family helping out the house today. Today Miss B's whole family was up bright and early to prepare for a big task today: a new fridge was arriving. Miss B woke up around noon…
eFence
When we first got the sheep, HA had a simple plan she’d heard from a friend of ours who used to raise sheep: tether them to an old tire and we could move them around to where we needed them to mow.…
Enlightenment
Enlightenment The Banned Book Library DIY project is absolutely radical.
Bluebell Model Railway weekend #1
Allan and a brace of Derek’s went to the annual Bluebell railway modelling weekend. Today, we have a few pictures of the big trains….. The original Ffarquhar Branch was on display. So was…
metal_0126 :: chōchin'obake
A little experiment (and palette cleanser between larger installations) in delicacy that resulted in four paper lanterns giving their lives until I finally figured out how to get the metal frame with…
“We Can Still Stop California’s 3D Printer Surveillance Scheme”
Rory Mir and Cliff Braun, writing for the Electronic Frontier Foundation:Ignoring EFF’s warnings about the dangers and impossibility of implementing a new mandate for 3D print surveillance software,…
New Deck: Phase One
We replaced the original deck to our home in 2015 and I guess we thought it would last more than eleven years but it was getting dangerous. Step one for the new deck is taking down the old one. Took…
3D Printers are actually very useful
I recently started getting into 3D printing, but so far I've spent most of my time getting setup and learning the ropes. I've now completed my first little project with the 3D printers and I'm really…
LEGO Art Paintings Collection for Home Decor
The LEGO Art collection has grown into one of LEGO’s most distinctive themes. It includes everything from mosaics and pixelated portraits of famous people and movie characters to sculptures,…
pine test frame......
Spent another sleepless night which translated into me rolling out of the rack a little before 0700. Got no AM shop time because I had to get ready to go to the West Roxbury VA. Got there at 1020 for…
Sword and Flower Hand-Carved Eraser Stamp
This leaf blade sword with the tip stuck in the ground next to a flower bubbled up out of my imagination to become an eraser stamp. The post Sword and Flower Hand-Carved Eraser Stamp appeared first…
RailScan: Railroad Museum Track and Wire Scanner
I volunteer at a train, trolley, and subway museum, including working on restoration of full-sized rail vehicles and maintaining railway infrastructure. As a non-authoritative, hobby project…
Chocolate is testing the second dog bowl I made
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The Bill That Wants My 3D Printer to Police Itself
California's AB2047 would force every 3D printer sold in the state to run state-certified software that detects and refuses to print firearm parts. As an engineer who owns and runs these machines, I…
[Finished] The eternal Musselburgh hat.
Musselburgh by Ysolda Teague
Submarine Kitbash Spaceship part 1
I came across this image of a kitbashed spaceship on Facebook made from the two halves of a submarine Plastic model kit. The modeller was Tony Murray…
Violin build
I mentioned catching up on personal projects and one project I’ve decided to tackle is to make a violin from scratch. I have zero experience but I have enough scrap lumber. Initially I started…
I have too much yarn
I do have a lot of yarn. Like, a couple of years to use it up amount of yarn. I had a phase in my life where I probably had a shopping addiction. Probably from undiagnosed and unmedicated ADHD and…
Trucs de graveur
Voici deux items que j’ai réalisés pour faciliter le travail du graveur : un gabarit de repérage et des pseudo “Ternes Burton pins”, utilisé dans la linogravure avec réduction.
Square? Or freeform? (Ruby Stained Glass Notes #03)
This is episode #03 of the Ruby Stained Glass Notes, a pop-up newsletter in which I write about the process of building a stained glass panel celebrating Ruby. Today, I riff on the drawing and ask…
John’s super-commuter ebike
I built John a road bike a while back – this time around he asked for a similar fitting and riding bike, but with larger tires (40mm), full fenders. Oh, and an electric assist….. The…
Building A Functional Donkey Kong Coconut Gun From Donkey Kong 64
Because dream it and you can certainly die or almost die trying to make it happen, Youtube No Bitrate challenged himself to build a game-accurate coconut shooter from Donkey Kong 64. The first, more…
Siboor Voron Trident (300mm CNC/AWD)
I decided it was time for a 3D printer upgrade recently. I did some playing with my old Kossel, adding braces and changing some tuning since it runs Klipper, and while it continues to be a fine…
Charging Into the Levant: First Crusade Knights
After plenty of time at the workbench, my First Crusade Frankish knights are officially based, grouped, and ready to ride down the enemies of Christendom. These, iron-clad knights of the Italo-Norman…
My Aeldari obsession returned: Corsairs Soul Weaver, Gunner & Voidreaver showcase
The galaxy's wandering reavers are calling me back to the paint table. Aeldari Corsairs roam the void between the dying craftworlds, raiding and surviving on their own terms, and that restless spirit…
JUGGERNAUT
The big project I'd like to get done for this years challenge is one of the 3 forms of Imperial Juggernaut that have appeared in Star Wars over the years, below is a picture of the three different…
New Cams for our 4 Slide Press
date: June 25, 2026 10:30am tags: restoration, machinery Many months ago, some of our volunteers took the one remaining cam on one of our Mullard Heritage presses and painstakingly measured it out…
Knitlog [2026-06-24 Wed]
Sample Knit #2 I tried three different ways of neater 1x1 ribbing: Hem: normal knit + Eastern purl Right sleeve: Eastern knit + normal purl Left sleeve: Eastern knit + Eastern purl So far, the last…
Finishing
Some of the best advice I ever received came years ago from a coworker named Joe. Joe always had a few side-projects going on—weird and wonderful mashups of electronics, software, and fabrication of…
Knockoff Tank Top
Yarn: KnitPicks CotLin in a million different colors Pattern: Typical Tank by Tiffany Liew Finished: June 24, 2026 Notes: This is a knockoff of a tank top by Rachel Antonoff that I liked. (It's here…
Fitting a wine cabinet in my home office
A home office can’t just be all fun and games; there needs to be some wine too. I’ve wanted a wine cabinet for a while. I often pick up a few bottles of red wine when I’m out…
On my workbench – back to work
It’s a horrible 36C here today, but I found that one of the more acceptable parts of the house was, amazingly, the loft. With the windows open to catch what (hot) breeze there was, and a fan…
New Model Mandolin: 6
Time now to shape the neck! Also, I have a brief chat about the tools needed for this process. After running through the shaping process, I start the clean-up in preparation for setting-up the…
Sierra West Mini Scene #8082
It is ashame that I never got around to purchasing other mini-scenes from Sierra West. These kits are simple to build and will great once you have added paint and a weathering treatment. These mini…
Blanca
what a weird cat… i havent been able to make a clown doll recently, and i participated in a video game themed art show so i made one of my fav animal crossing characters! (Kicks is actually my fav…
Seussical Jr: Totally Not Work Related
In totally not work related news, I've been working on set design and construction for a musical theater show ...
Ceramic orthogonal polyhedra
David Richter, a mathematician at Western Michigan University, recently found himself with a surfeit of ceramic orthogonal polyhedra and, knowing of my own interest in orthogonal polyhedra,…
Double knit buttonholes via grafting create beautiful buttonholes in double-thick fabric
Here is a beautiful grafted buttonhole for double thick fabric, such as a folded-over button-band. These are GORGEOUS buttonholes: blue-ribbon, state-fair stuff. But! They are very stretchy…
Model Railway Miser Tips
My company is in the process of moving out of offices we've occupied for more than 40 years. It means decades of paperwork is being slung out, and with it a lot of storage devices which are…
Knitlog [2026-06-22 Mon]
Sample Knit #2 Finished the 1x1 ribbing of the body. This time I tried another way to achieve a neater 1x1 by working purls in Eastern way. It worked out beautifully! My observation is the wrong side…
Machine of Destiny
Someone built a small robot whose job is to knock over Jenga towers, and gave it dreams. It dreams of the man who picks it up when it falls. It dreams in my handwriting. On being the same kind of…