Please register for notifications when I update my website and to allow access to additional downloads. Registration is free. To see my most recent post select “latest” from the top menu. I`ve listed a few of my favourate complete projects below. Just click on the picture to bring up the build log.
I`m currently working on Dr Woodwards Gearless Clock and hope to complete this before Autumn. I am following Wildings Gearless Clock Build Book and have also recently aquired Dr Philip Woodward’s book – My Own Right Time, which has helped me futher understand this build.
The Webster was my first internal combustion engine which I built during the period from Jan 2011 – May 2011 completely from bar stock including the gears.
Stuart 10V Engine
This was build during Oct-Dec 2010 and runs very nicely. This was my first build from castings and I quite enjoyed working with them.
Ring Sundial
Colin Thornes plans of a portable ring sundial worked very well. Built in July 2011, still needs a stand making for it.
This CNC rotary table was designed by Kwackers on the MyCNCuk forum. When I build this, I was in need of a division head for gear cutting – I can`t imagine anything better and would recommend anyone to invest the time in building their own
It is based on a Vertex 4″ Rotary Table, the handle was removed and replaced with a stepper moter and mounting bracket. The electronics are based on PIC mictrocontroller. Kwackers has made the code available for free along with the pcb layout and more. The keypad was the most expensive part, £12 from Farnels! The electronics cost about £20 in total.
I was reading one of the yahoo maching groups when I read a post titled “How do I machine a fire piston?”. I opened it presuming it was some form of engine piston only to find it was an implement used to start a fire! I did some googling, found out the general principles and attempted to build one.
It works very well. It is simply a long piston with a dead end to the cylinder. As you compress the air, enough heat is generated to light the tinder in the end. Click on the image for more info!
I built this “take apart” puzzle based on pictures I had seen on the internet of the puzzle open and solved. I later learned this was a puzzle by Wil Strijbos, called the Aluminium Cylinder Puzzle. I obviously take no credit for the design of the puzzle and these can be purchased from William Strabos. In respect to Wil Strijbos and his excellent puzzle design, I have also removed some of the more revealing photos so that the solution is not obvious from my pictures.
I made the Aluminium puzzle for my Dad for a Christmas present and had it engraved with his initials. I then made a second modified version, with an added twist!
If you would like any more information on a project, please contact me: chris@raynerd.co.uk
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Projects
- Aluminium Cylinder Puzzle (1)
- Between Centres Boring – Setting Device (2)
- Boxford Model A Lathe (2)
- Brassy Babe Engine (1)
- Converting ATX PC Power Supply (2)
- Cross slide mounting plate (2)
- EasyPIC6 Dev Board (1)
- Elmers #25 Engine (1)
- Fire Piston (1)
- First Homemade PCB – Binary Dice (1)
- Fountain Pen (2)
- Glow in Dark Keyring (1)
- Lathe Carriage Stop (1)
- LTD Stirling Engine (6)
- Mardave RC Car Rear Axle Supports (1)
- Mill 3-axis DRO (2)
- Minnie – Ratchet Wheel (1)
- PCB UV LED Exposure Unit (1)
- PIC – Binary Clock (4)
- PIC – LED Blinker (1)
- PIC Binary Dice Code 12F675 (1)
- PIC Electronic Cup & Ball (2)
- PIC Electronic Dice (2)
- PIC Traffic Lights Code (1)
- Portable Ring Sundial (2)
- Quick Indicating Tool for Late (1)
- Rocker Engine (1)
- Rotary Table CNC Conversion (6)
- Router Build – CNC (3)
- Skeleton Clock (19)
- Stuart 10V Engine (15)
- Synchronome Clock Repair (2)
- The Knole DC Receiver Kit Build (1)
- The Workshop & Tools (9)
- Webster Engine (21)
- Woodwards Gearless Clock (21)
- X-axis Power Feed and PIC controller (5)
- X2 Belt Drive Conversion (1)
- X2 Mill Repair (1)
- Yagi 3 ele VHF antenna (1)
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- Glow in the Dark Keyring
- Synchronome Pendulum Assembly complete and running!
- Woodwards Gearless Clock in the case! – nearly finished.
- Synchronome Repair – making a new pallet
- Woodwards Gearless Clock – Glass Face
- Gearless Clock – Back Stop Modification
- Woodwards Gearless Clock – Double pulley modification
- Gearless Clock – Daisy Wheel (EDIT – first go!)
- Gearless Clock – Pulley Setup
- Woodwards Gearless Clock – Initial Run!
- Raynerd: Hi Alan Yes, even if you didn`t purchase a kit, I expect setup outlay would be quite high. For 100ml (not much!!) of the gold plating solution alone
- Alan: Hi Chris From the quick look around I've had, the kits seem to be in the hundreds of pounds - and I bet you still need the skills/practice to produc
- Raynerd: Hello Alan Yes, I`ve had a few emails about it and although I must admit I`m trying to gold plate a few items for people to recoup some money back on