Stuff What I Made

In 2005 I bought a Taig CNC milling machine for no particular reason other than I wanted a milling machine. It was about $2000 shipped from the US, which in retrospect seems very expensive considering both inflation and what’s available on the market now. Anyway, when I moved it to my flat I found that in the limited space I had available, some kind of cabinet was going to be essential to keep chips out of the electronics (and off the floor). [Read More]

I don’t put paid work on here as typically it won’t be things that are undertaken at my behest, performed mostly by me, or that I actually have the legal ability to talk about at all. I will make an exception for Graphia though. [Read More]

Back when she lived in Edinburgh, my friend Anna used to host Halloween parties, in which there was a pumpkin carving competition. [Read More]

One of the main reasons I bought my flat (I’m not even exaggerating) is that it had a space on the ground floor which I could use as a small workshop. First I had to turn it into a workshop though. [Read More]

Following a protracted purchasing debacle partly in thanks (genuinely thanks, in terms of sale price) to the global financial crisis, I bought my first flat in December 2008. It had been owned by a minister in his 90s, and was not in the best of shape. The kitchen had a small stand alone fridge, inside of which was a solitary egg and pungent aroma. I discarded the fridge and its contents. [Read More]