Developing more efficient blades for small domestic wind turbines. In the summer of 2024, I was approached by Sven Ruin and his team from Mälardalen University in Sweden. They were working on improving the efficiency of blades for small domestic … Continued
Table of ContentsDesign and materialsCutting filesImages of the construction processWik-E-Bike TrailerDownload the plans Over the last year or so I have been developing a plywood cargo bike, in the hope it will be of some use to somebody apart from … Continued
In 2018 we undertook a small study with the University of Exeter’s Smartline project, to see if digital craft sessions improved the wellbeing of participants. This research was overseen by Dr Andrew James Williams, a public health researcher at the … Continued
Dominica Williamson, of www.ecogeographer.com, is an arts practitioner who works to connect people to their landscapes and environments. One of the ways she does this is by taking groups of people out into the country side to collect items from … Continued
This project aims to make freely available the 3D models and techniques to make open-backed, wooden-soled clogs using digital tools. Most shoes contain various types of plastic. Clogs are cool, comfortable, and made from sustainable materials. The clogs described here … Continued
The problem of waste plastic is crystal clear to everybody, and it is getting worse by the day. Precious Plastic is an amazing organisation that exists for the sole purpose of reducing plastic waste. One of the ways they are … Continued
We were asked by the local Marine Conservation Society to make two beech trommels to be used during their monthly beech cleans. Basically they are stainless steel mesh drums into which you shovel beech sand. When they are rotated the … Continued
Table of ContentsDesign and materialsCutting filesImages of the construction processWik-E-Bike TrailerDownload the plans What is Wikihouse? The WikiHouse Skylark is a new ‘open source’ building system. Open source means that all the designs and construction information are freely available on … Continued
Table of ContentsDesign and materialsCutting filesImages of the construction processWik-E-Bike TrailerDownload the plans The construction of the wind turbine came about from conversations with a friend who lives around these parts and who was thinking about running training courses in … Continued
