Hello all! Happy Holidays to you! Some exciting news - the Horological Lecture Series is now official! Come visit us at the Stimson Green Mansion on February 13th of next year. The schedule has been posted here and tickets are now available. I'll be introducing the series by covering some of our lecture topics and [...]
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Time in the Limelight
What a busy time it has been here at the Memoria Technica Workshop. If you are new to the blog, welcome! If you are a long time reader, thank you so much for following along. I'm very grateful for your support! I have been remiss in posting updates on the blog this year due to [...]
Advanced Engine Turning
Hi All! So we finally finished up the last of our engine turning classes this month. It was great fun seeing how the student work developed over the sessions, as many students enrolled in more than one. With more complex projects, students singled in on a specific idea. A lot of time was spent making sure surfaces [...]
Intermediate Engine Turning I – Group 2
This was a great class with students bringing many ideas and projects. Casey Burns, a local flute maker, decided to add engine turning to his instruments. You can see the pieces he turned in the photos below - check out his website for the finished flutes! Two watchmakers also enrolled in this session trying out [...]
Intermediate Engine Turning I
Hey all! I hope you'll enjoy some photos from our first session of Intermediate Engine Turning. We had another great group who brought some interesting concepts and ideas - such as using multiple centers and divergent patterns! Students used the elliptical chuck on both the straightline and rose engine, a pen chuck, the jig borer, and the [...]