My models and our workshop

[William SParticipant @williams]

Hi all, this is my first "real" post just to show my what I do really this is my collection of scratch built machine tools so far (i have started on the lathe not in this image). they are built to a scale of 1/10 and are exact copies of the machines in our workshop/my bedroom (the little metabo drill is in my bedroom/model making workshop)

my first real lathe project was Elmers wobbler engine, fun little engine that really taught me a lot.

This was may latest model i have made, a sthil 028 chainsaw, this was my first commission by an artist for a piece she wanted to do. I got the commission by helping out at my granddads lost wax casting business, when she saw my above machine tools and asked if i would make her the chainsaw. i had to make a stamp to punch the mesh type grille on the side(easy peasy with a milling machine and slitting saws) the full size chainsaw was on my desk in my room for about a month whilst i made the model, so you could say i'm a bit odd with a chainsaw and metabo pillar drill in my room but hey ho. Anyway i'm classed as a bit strange at school because my house doesn't have a single games console in it, got far better things to do than play computer games.

thanks for looking

William

[William SParticipant @williams]

[martin perman 1Participant @martinperman1]

William,

Very good, wish I had your patience and skill.

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Very Nice William, what materials do you use to make the models? a picture without final paintwork can be as interesting to look at as the finished item.

J

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Most impressive. It took me a moment or three to twig that the tools are miniatures. Or are they? Am I actually admiring a giant penny that you made…

Dave

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

Very awesome, and very small!

[MWParticipant @mw27036]

Truly marvellous, thank you for showing us and welcome to our forum!

Michael W

[William SParticipant @williams]

Thank you all for the compliments

Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 17/05/2017 11:21:54:

Most impressive. It took me a moment or three to twig that the tools are miniatures. Or are they? Am I actually admiring a giant penny that you made…

Dave

Yep they are miniatures! Don't have a large enough space to set up a white background for the full size articles or the facility to make a large penny!

All of the machine tool models are made up of:white plasticard (styrene) sheet in varying thicknesses, plasticard shapes (rods,tubes,etc.) brass rod and tube, aluminium, assorted wire, paxolin rod is used for the motors and a few bits of wood. They are all painted with Hammerite and/or Humbrol paint sprayed with an original 1980's Humbrol airbrush.

Here are the models without paint

[Jeff DaymanParticipant @jeffdayman43397]

Great models William, well done! JD

[mechman48Participant @mechman48]

Impressive William, you have a lot more patience than me. Well done.

​George.

[martin perman 1Participant @martinperman1]

Even more impressed now you have said what they are made from.

Martin P

Edited By martin perman on 17/05/2017 13:02:20

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Still at school William?

You'll go places with those skills!

(When I saw the first picture, I wondered why it had a basketball in it…)

If you want to write a short piece about your miniature workshop tools, with pictures, for MEW I'd be interested and I'm sure readers would be too.

neil.wyatt@mytimemedia.com

Neil

(Editor of MEW)

[Mike E.Participant @mikee-85511]

Very nice miniature models William, Well done !

I don't have game consoles either, never have. If my Dad were still with us today, he would say……. Live a real life, not a virtual one.

[Raymond AndersonParticipant @raymondanderson34407]

Very nice work, quite a few skill sets involved there, well done.

[JourneymanParticipant @journeyman]

Very nicely done William. You must have much better eyesight than me, I couldn't even see something that small to work on

John

[HacksawParticipant @hacksaw]

Excellent .

[Machine-DROParticipant @machine-dro]

Hi William,

Thank you for posting these images and making your skills known to the world, The attention to detail is outstanding!

Please drop me an email (alan@allendale-group.co.uk) I would like to arrange getting some free tools over to you

Keep up the great model making!

Regards,

Alan Ward
The Allendale Group Ltd

[Tractor manParticipant @tractorman]

Very good modelling skills. To use an existing machine as your pattern is so challenging, no drawings or instructions.

The materials chosen can be unforgiving too, metal is so much more robust.

Mick

[matt merchantParticipant @mattmerchant42413]

seriously impressive skills there William

matt

[Dod MoleParticipant @georgeclarihew]

Very impressive work and there was me thinking they all worked

Wish i could do that

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

Showed more skills in post 1 than I've shown in 8 years…

Impressive stuff

[clogsParticipant @clogs]

Hi all,

anybody know anyone in Hollywood……get this lad a job…….

Great stuff, like Mr,Duffer it took me a while to figure them out…..

Terrific job………Clogs

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by William S on 17/05/2017 11:02:37:

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This was may latest model i have made, a sthil 028 chainsaw, this was my first commission by an artist for a piece she wanted to do. I got the commission by helping out at my granddads lost wax casting business, when she saw my above machine tools and asked if i would make her the chainsaw. i had to make a stamp to punch the mesh type grille on the side(easy peasy with a milling machine and slitting saws) the full size chainsaw was on my desk in my room for about a month whilst i made the model, so you could say i'm a bit odd with a chainsaw and metabo pillar drill in my room but hey ho. Anyway i'm classed as a bit strange at school because my house doesn't have a single games console in it, got far better things to do than play computer games.

thanks for looking

William

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William,

Please add me to your list of admirers

[ the first name that came to mind was Gerald Wingrove ]

This is is excellent modelling, and I'm glad to see that you have been 'commissioned'

… that should start the ball rolling !!

I would be interested to see a more detailed write-up of the chainsaw model, and also anything you can share about your Grandad's business.

MichaelG.

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Posted by William S on 17/05/2017 11:02:37:

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the full size chainsaw was on my desk in my room for about a month whilst i made the model, so you could say i'm a bit odd with a chainsaw and metabo pillar drill in my room but hey ho. Anyway i'm classed as a bit strange at school …

William

On this forum I'd say that's normal behaviour, or it would be if 'She Who Must be Obeyed' hadn't put her foot down. I wouldn't worry about what they think of you at school. Everyone is "strange". It's just that the majority put more effort into hiding it.

Dave

[William SParticipant @williams]

Thank you all for the comments and compliments

The pillar drill was the first one I made, after being inspired by the work of Barry Jordan, Gerald Wingrove is another inspiration, after seeing him on a recording my dad did on to VHS of the series, Model Magic by the late Bob Symes.

Surprisingly both my parents were quite supportive of the Chainsaw being in my room. my dad more so because one less thing to trip over in the shed!

Being classed as strange at school doesn't really affect me, they all have something they like to do which makes them happy, and this is what i enjoy doing. I live a simple life, they don't like it really doesn't affect me

Here is the link for my grandad's lost wax casting business

http://barrettandjarvis.co.uk/barrettandjarvis/Welcome.html

Quite useful knowing someone in that field (the flywheel on the wobbler engine i turned out of wax and got it cast by him)

My uncle also does water jet cutting (link below)

http://sciss.co.uk/

The redesigned table for the RJH trim tool/cutter grinder we are restoring was cut out by Sciss, along with the redesigned belt tensioning cams on the RJH belt linisher,

Finally here's the link for the person I made the Chainsaw for

HOME

Thanks for reading

William

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