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The End of the Road for Electric Cars

2nd November 2023 NeverUpToTheJob 0

Imagine the following scenario….. In the beginning, all cars were powered by electricity, which was stored onboard in huge, heavy batteries. The cars were acceptable for use on short journeys, but on long journeys they [more…]

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A Postcard from Petrolhead Paradise

3rd October 2023 SharpieType301 0

A Postcard from Petrolhead Paradise Well, Stone the crows! A sunny Saturday in September saw a bit of a surprise. Although we’d noticed the colourful banner advertising the event often enough as we wandered hither [more…]

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Elementary, my dear Watson – Co Cobalt

22nd August 2023 SharpieType301 0

We are working our way through each of the eighteen Groups of the Periodic Table (a.k.a. the Periodic Table of the Elements), with the general idea behind this series being to ensure that at least [more…]

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Ancient and Modern (or a Tale of Two Cartridges: 2)

9th August 2023 Tom Pudding 0

In Part One I described the processes involved in reloading the (to me at any rate) ‘modern’ .303 British cartridge, all stages of which can easily be automated. Now let’s look at what is involved [more…]

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Ancient and Modern (or a Tale of Two Cartridges: 1)

2nd August 2023 Tom Pudding 0

Introduction Two questions that I am regularly asked when shooting my long-obsolete 19th century rifles at our local club range are i) how much does it cost to make one cartridge? and ii) how long [more…]

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Scanning Historic Documents

19th July 2023 Alexsandr too 0

There is tons of paper based ephemera left behind from recent times.  Most of it is of interest to someone, and much of it describes life in the UK and abroad from the 1830’s Stuff [more…]

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They Flew Alone, Part Five

4th June 2023 Going Postal 0

In May 1969 my uncle, John Alldridge, described the voyage of Allcock and Brown for the Montreal Star. This is the last of his reports. – Jerry F It was 4.28 GMT when the heavily [more…]

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Cnutelectronics, Part Three

29th May 2023 El Cnutador 0

Welcome back to Cnutelectronics! It comprises the same bone headed ignorance, overenthusiasm, poor research, pointy metal things as Cnuteneering and also adds the additional danger of very hot soldering irons. If you missed them here [more…]

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The Flew Alone, Part Four

28th May 2023 Going Postal 0

In May 1969 my uncle, John Alldridge, described the voyage of Allcock and Brown for the Montreal Star. This is the fourth of his reports. – Jerry F Like most cities, St. John’s, Newfoundland, has [more…]

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