Category: Tools
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Move Over Acme Manufacturing Co…
Because the Little Workshop is here and we’ve got the ideas that’ll make your life easier. They’re not giant projects – they’re not vast concepts – but by golly when we think things up, they’re half-vast. Like our new model building supports. We’ve all had times whilst building an airplane kit when we needed to…
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The Little Workshop – The Hanging Motor
When I was training as a dental student we encountered something in our first two weeks at university – two weeks before any other students even started – that has remained with me ever since – the hanging motor. I’d never seen one before but the utility of it became immediately evident. The motors came…
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If It’s Worthwhile Doing…
It’s worthwhile doing badly. Then looking at what can be improved, and doing it again. This was the unfortunate story of Ploesti, but that was also a tale of the baleful effects of listening to authority when you know you’re right. The other thing to consider is that if something is worth doing, it’s worth…
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The Little Workshop – Hoarding
Like the people who write school history books in Moscow, I often wish I could predict the past. I could make some sense out of the things that I have retained for either far too long or not quite long enough… Of course, some of the people reading this post will laugh at me. I…
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The Little Workshop – Floating Palettes
If you use computer programs to do art or to manipulate images you will recognise the term ” floating palette “. It is the ability to take a control panel from a fixed position on a computer and position it anywhere on the screen.This lets you access the controls that it offers without having to…
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