There are a number of beautiful Pantograph engraving machines in the workshop. While working today, I moved some flat aluminum stock that was sitting on top of the Leinhard engraving machine. Underneath I found this: I wonder if Dennis had it set up to engrave a sign... The other engraving machines aren't as [...]
Tag: Dennis Harmon
Day No.15 – Water of Ayr
It's been a few days since I've updated the blog with new photos. I did a guest post on the Current Projects blog to kick off the new year about the conservation work I did on an automaton bear. You can read it here. Things are finally finding their places in the workshop. Today I [...]
The Schaublin 120 VM
Due to the many inquiries I have received about the Schaublin 120VM, I have decided to do a post on it with photos and information. You can bid on this machine on the Repository page listed on the top menu. You can read about the Schaublin 120VM here. Buy on Ebay This is how it appeared [...]
The Repository
As you may have noticed, there is now a Repository page listed under the top menu. This page lists items I am currently accepting bids on. If there is something you have seen that is not listed here, it is either not for sale at this time or has been sold. This page will be [...]
Day No.7 – Now that’s a demagnetizer !
To use, a watch is placed inside of the core; the slide is then moved in and out to change the polarity of the magnet, as described in patent number 699863: The slide and comb thereon constitute a pole changer, and in practice the same is actuated to cause frequent reverses of the [...]