Fake Valves

These were made from plastic thimble cases from a charity shop, the insides were made of car bodywork repair mesh, wire and small bits of metal from dismantled electrical equipment. These didn't turn out as well as I'd hoped. So I'm back on the hunt for the real thing.

Playing with Pipes

My first bit of copper pipework, this will be fitted from the liquid crystal tank to a manometer style pressure gauge made out of a novelty Jagermister test tube. I used a standard rotary pipe cutter and joined the pipe with epoxy. I think it turned out quite well for a first attempt.

Recent Purcases

I have come by a few more bits for the project, firstly this pair of small oil lamps, 

they are approximately 6 inches tall from a charity shop in York, not entirely sure how they will be incorporated but for just £2 for the pair I couldn't say no. They look like they should work (they even still have wick in them) so if I can get hold of some sort of lamp oil I may try them out, on the other wand they may get converted to LED. They are not the best made of things and as they are stamped as "made in Hong Kong" I assume they are of no great age or value.

The second item is considerably older and nicer, it is a 1930's beer keg double tap and is very heavy, in my opinion it looks a lot like a steam engine component, this came from an Antique/Collectibles/Junk shop in Otley and cost £12. Also in Otley I bough a two inch diameter miniature copper bucket which I don't seem to have a picture of.