I was an Enginering Designer for Cambridge Consultants For 31 years until December 2005
During that time I designed special purpose machines and was part of the team that gave the world the Round tea bag.
I also looked after Mechanical CAD systems and did a significant amount of customising to simplify their use.
Since leaving I have spent a rewarding 6 years sharing my skill and experience with the younger consultancies around Cambridge.
To see some of the things I designed have a look here.
In my own time I make and play acoustic musical instruments - Guitars, Mandolins, Violins, and Northumbrian Bagpipes. I also build and fly Model Aircraft - mostly Controline but also some Radio Control.
The links below will direct you to the areas of my interests (click on the pictures):-

	I have been contracted to produce all the drawings needed to recreate the Baldwin 2-4-2 LYN for the Lynton to Barnstaple railway. This page is a working log of the progress so far.
	The Design of Northumbrian Smallpipes for easy manufacture and use in mainstream school music education. This is currently concentrating on the design process but will have all the drawings added later.
	Make yourself a set of Northumbrian small pipes. All the drawings and information to make a high quality set in either F or G
	Since I retired I have been keeping busy restoring old model aeroplane engines and making new ones. Here are some tales from the mill side.
	Aeromodelling information. Mainly controline stunt and free flight with a little radio control thrown in. also making a modern stunt engine in pictures
	I have made a number of mandolins and here are some pictures and techniques I have gathered
	I used to play with a local bluegrass band called The Radio Cowboys. This page is mainly a historic memory of those days
	I helped Pete Sayers to fit a new cone to his Dobro and took a few pictures along the way
	just some interesting (to me)Bluegrass and other music links