| Lorch lathe: I have a small lathe made in the 1960's by a German company called Lorch. It is one of the most delightfully made, and impractibly designed, machine tools ever made. |  |
| Tool making:
An inevitable consequence of engineering on a small scale is the fact that you spend a fair amount of time making tools. These are some of those I have made. |
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| Flat and house renovation: in 2001 I acquired my own flat in the Lothian region. This is a page of some of the more successful improvements I have made to it. This page also has some of the rennovation, and redecoration work, to my current house in Lancashire which was aquired in 2006. |  |
| Feet forward motorcycle: an attempt to make motorcycles move from being playthings which although improved greatly, have not really changed since the mid 1950's after the universal adoption of rear suspension on them. | 
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| Diesel motors: a few ideas which if employed for diesel motors, both vehicular and stationary, will actually turn the much maligned diesel engine into a source of power which would be more environmentally friendly in some respects than wind turbines or wave generators. | 
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| Father's projects: My father has the most remarkable series of constructions and things which he has made. Here are a few of the examples of which I have managed to get photographs. |  |
| Clocks: I have a longstanding interest in mechanical clocks, and intend to make at least one at some stage. This page chronicles progress so far. |  |
| Bicycles: my means of getting into work. |  |
| Gardening: what do do after a days work in the Summer. |  |