David Young has been very busy. Work on patterns for Lewin has taken much of his time, though he is now involved with assisting Davy Sheen with a new bearing for the potato peeler (for the chips shop) and also the Beamish Tram Group, who are overhauling a trolley base for Sunderland 101. I’ll post some information on this next week…

Below: The patterns for Lewin’s sandbox (well, two sandboxes). On the wall, from left to right are the three patterns for the lid, flange which is mounted on the top of the lid and the main components of the sandbox itself. Various patterns create moulds that are then joined together for the casting itself. On the ground, left to right, is the core box to make the mould to ensure the sandbox is hollow, the base and the lid. The latter has the oval shape for the rim and lid to locate on.

Below: Dave sent this photo of him milling (out of plywood) the pattern to make the lip on the sandbox lid. As the photos show, even creating a relatively simple ‘box’ is not as straightforward as might be thought!