Welcome to a few of my Inventions
Leave Me Alone Box
This is not my idea
but I had to make
my own
pneumatic version
Over the years I have made several inventions
some more successful than others
Firetrace has been the most successful
and is still selling well after more than 30 years
some more successful than others
Firetrace has been the most successful
and is still selling well after more than 30 years
My Inventions
Firetrace first appeared on the
BBC Tomorrows World program
in February 1990 and again in 1998 when it was featured along with some of my other inventions
including the Pyroplug
Pyroflex is also doing quite well
apelling to a much smaler market
protecting small enclosures from letter boxes to mobility scooters
Pyroflex had it's moment of fame in 2004
when it was awarded the Art Fry
Excellence in innovation award
at the Impex Inventors Exhibition
in America
Art Fry was the inventor of the
famous 3Ms post-it note


Soap box Jalopy
I gues I always had a desire to build things
On of my earliest constructionsaged 8
Austin Seven special
Sadly my early racing hopes
never made it to formula one
World’s Simplest Electric Motor & Salt Water Electric Motor
Electric Motors can be complicated things
But these ones uses the minimum number of components
Magnets a Battery a piece of bent wire
Salt Water Electric Motor
Just click on Picture to see Video Another simple design from Dave Melton
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This model Stirling Engine kit is made of cardboard |
Steam Fire Suppression
Recently built my first steam fire suppression system
To protect a waste processing plant