Making a Train Set: Part 1 – Design and Woodwork.
Recently I have been building a train set, I will blog the progress, in six parts, highlighting how I get certain things done.
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I reckon my fan guard design is pretty damn neat. (Free Plans)
I needed some fan guards for my arcade machine and for a neat little entertainment centre hack. Playing around I made a fish-eye honey-comb screen that looked pretty good. The pattern has larger holes near the centre of the fan and smaller holes where it counts.
How to make coloured text in acrylic with spray paint.
Laser engraving text on acrylic / perspex does not create a lot of contrast. This leads to the subject of painting text on the acrylic. I have developed some useful methods of achieving this that I thought I would share.