If she’s good at maths and has some ability to think in 3D also, then engineering is a good career path.
What to head towards? Oil and gas, the biggest projects on the go at the moment, and for some time as well, and probably the highest paid too.
Of course if she doesn’t mind being bored...
Lathe siting
What others have suggested really...
You could use the resin they use to sit the big marine diesels on. They have a frame that’s sealed. The engine gets placed on jacking mounts in the frame and lined up. Then they pour in the resin, and it cures around the engine base/sump. This...
I saw a bigger robot than this at the NEC subcon show 3 years ago, it did something very similar, but with 2 people in the chair.
Everyone came off looking really ill!
Broomwade stuff
Put some details up
I work with 4 ex Broom Wade engineers,
Ex Design office maanger
Ex R&D amanger
Ex analyst
ex designer
they know whats what, and where to get everything.
they might be able to help
I have recently bought one of these, and it was in serious action over the Easter break, cutting up loads of 50 x 25 RHS. To do all that cutting with a hacksaw, I think I would be there still....
The blade that comes with it, didn’t last long, so I bought a Starret replacement (£9), a bit of...
Try this
http://www.journeyed.com/dept/Software/Engineering+and+CAD/284018
I bought a full version of Wildfire (Pro/Engineer) from these guys for £199, which compared to the full cost of many thousands, is a bargain. It is specifically for students and home use. Full legit copy, with full...
Let us know how you get on. I bought an oven for this very purpose. At 50 deg C it also gets small painted things dried very quickly.
good old ebay - £13!
Tim Mogridge
01628 472 055 - Work
Harleyford Estate
Henley Road
Marlow
Bucks
England
SL7 2DY
http://www.standardair.co.uk/index.html
about a third of the cost of Broom/Wade Compair stuff.
Providing he has it of course!
Nitric acid
http://www.mistralni.co.uk/details.php?id=74
as long as you don't need it that strong - will this do you?
we have used them for some chemcials at work, good value for money.
Get hold of a Blue Book, and read the chapter of building cages - and find out whom your local scrutineer is.
If you can send them a photo of what you have, and a sketch of what you want to do, they should be able to help.
If you are going to compete, it has to be done right. Scrutineering at...
It’s the difference in cost between what the car manufactures pay for parts and what they cost as spares that annoys me.
I know one major manufacturer pays less than £1:50/engine for a full set of big end, thrust, camshaft and main bearings shells. These would cost you over a £60 a set at a...
I didn't used to use it, but a few years ago , after a few days of being up to my elbows in grease and muck, cleaning it all off with the usual suspects - I realised my fingers were itching. I was told by someone at work to start using barrier cream immediately.
Like others have said, a skin...
When I had my workshop built, the council were adamant about “the work you do must be for yourself only”. I mentioned I may weld the odd bit together for my neighbour rebuilding his motor bike. Judging by her words of “its best if you don’t”, and her expression, this was most definitely not...
I am not saying this will work in your case.
I have a Smartphone and a PDA, both with active sync on. The PDA always behave itself and syncs to the home PC without any problem but the Smartphone usually doesn’t. Both work OK at my PC in the office though.......
As this is the case, can you...
Update
I went along to the place with my car club colleague, and he said pretty much what everyone else has said here. It’s worth it – just for the spares, so why not?
It was still available on Monday lunchtime at £200, checked on the phone.
The earliest I could have picked it up was last...
I have one of these as well. 36W is more than enough to see where I am going in the back garden in the dark. I bought mine from TLC in Slough. The 500-watt version was lower down, and meant I could hardly see where I was going it was that bright.