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The Machine in the Workshop, Part 1 –
In 1938, The Woodworker magazine published a two page “conversation” between a handworker and machinist. It’s interesting and thoughtful. And so we are going to reproduce it here in short segments. HANDWORKER: I think that one of the saddest aspects of the present age is the awful loss mankind has sustained in the almost entire…
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Mini Shildon, a Chinook, a shunt and the Golden Arrow – National Railway Museum blog
This weekend saw the very popular Modelmotion event at Shildon, showcasing model railways from around the North East. Despite having lived in Shildon for 6 years now, I had never seen Shildon Model Railway Club’s 00 gauge model of our local station as it was in the 1930s, and I couldn’t resist taking this picture…
Be Thankful for Delivery of ‘The Book of Plates’ –
After much consternation and a little yelling, “The Book of Plates” arrived at our warehouse this morning, along with all the custom boxes to ship the book to customers. I haven’t seen the final bound book with the muted gold stamp on the cover, but John says it looks great. As promised, our warehouse is…
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Pleasant Pursuits –
Perhaps in no branch of our manufactures has England become more famous than in that of those prime necessaries of the workman—his tools. According to an old-fashioned saying—we were almost saying saw—”Tools are half the battle.” It might be said three-fourths. And from the earliest days, when one in boyhood frequented workshops and watched with…