One of my favourite tools has been my Axminster TS-200 table saw, which I bought with the intent of mounting it in its own mobile bench. Having built the bench and whilst browsing the internet I f...
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Axminster TS-200 Table Saw Bench / Cross-Cut Sled
My Cameras
Here is a list of the cameras I have had over the years. I currently use a Canon EOS 60D SLR, with a Panasonic DMC-TZ60 as backup. 2014 Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ60 Bought 12 December 2014, cost £2...
My Piano
My piano is a Roland F-140R digital piano, which I bought from Manns Music in Colchester, UK for £779. I also got a pair of Roland RH-A7 headphones so that I could “play” the piano without disturbi...
USS New Jersey, Tamiya 1/350 (78017)
Having been aboard the USS New Jersey in Subic Bay in the Philippines back in 1988, whilst I was serving in HMS Ark Royal, I saw Tamiya’s kit (78017) in a local model shop in 2007 and bought it for...
Jagdpanther, Tamiya 1/35
After nearly 40 years since I built my last plastic model kit and in preparation for early retirement I kitted myself out with a bunch of modelling stuff; Iwata airbrush & compressor, paints, p...
Test Master
In 1998 whilst undertaking my training for Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), I developed a program to create, edit and execute multiple-choice question tests… TestMaster. It was writte...
Tangerine Microtan 65
In 1979, whilst at University, I bought my first “computer”, a Tangerine Systems Microtan 65. It cost about £70, came as a kit of parts, and although I had not done much soldering beforehand it wor...
Dual Regulated Power Supply
I built this dual power supply back in 1978, probably my first personal electronics project whilst studying Electronics & Computer Engineering at university. It came from an article in Practica...
Robert Goes to High School
Secondary school was Walton High School, in Oxford Road, Nelson. It was formerly Nelson Grammar School but changed its name as it became a comprehensive school the year I started there. When the n...
Robert Goes to Primary School
First school was Catercliff County Primary School, on Marsden Hall Road, Nelson, Lancashire. Jane and I paid a visit for the school’s 50th Anniversary and it seemed a lot smaller, although very li...
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