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Finishing Sophie’s rocking horse (before christmas – just)

December 25th, 2009

Part one of the horse making is here:
http://www.asciimation.co.nz/bb/2009/10/18/a-rocking-horse-for-sophie
With time moving on I had to really move to get the rocking horse done. After protecting the foam with the tin foil I applied layers of fibreglass and polyester resin. I built up a nice, thick skin of glass all over the horse.
Layers of fibreglass to [...]

A rocking horse for Sophie

October 18th, 2009

Hmmm, almost Christmas again. Being someone who ‘makes stuff’ my sister asked if I was making something for Sophie for Christmas this year. I suggested a rocking horse. This is my attempt to do so. I don’t have much experience with horses. Probably the closest I have been is gluing two bits of paper together. [...]

Sophie’s Ladybird Bookends

December 25th, 2008

Some time ago my sister asked me what I was getting Sophie, my 10 month old niece, for Christmas. I said I didn’t know so she suggested I could make Sophie some bookends for her room. And she asked if I could make them like a ladybird that Sophie has on a blanket.
The ladybird [...]

SV Chronometer – a GPS based, interactive master clock

November 5th, 2008

       
The finished SV Chronometer.
Time. We are all obsessed by it and it catches up with us all in the end. Especially women who don’t moisturise their elbows properly! I have my own little obsession with time. I often have a stop watch in my pocket, just so I can time things, I [...]

Building a Wimshurst Machine – Part 2.

October 27th, 2008

I finally got around to finishing off the Wimshurst machine the other week and it’s about time I updated this page about it.
Part one of this project is available here:
http://www.asciimation.co.nz/bb/2008/04/19/building-a-wimshurst-machine
There were a few changes made to the machine since the last post. The main one was I discovered glass Leyden jars don’t work very well! [...]

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