{"id":887156,"date":"2026-01-13T10:45:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T10:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/?p=887156"},"modified":"2026-01-13T10:45:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T10:45:18","slug":"off-to-spend-more-time-in-wonderland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/blogs\/engineer-in-wonderland\/off-to-spend-more-time-in-wonderland-2026-01\/","title":{"rendered":"Off to spend more time in Wonderland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am leaving this blog to spend more time making things in the workshop and, hopefully, finally mastering FreeCad &#8211; amongst other mountains to climb (both intellectual and physical).<\/p><div class=\"elect-content\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"elect-1745006719\"><div id=\"x02\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> if ($(window).width() <= 768) { googletag.display('x02'); } <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>So this is a message to say goodbye, and to say thanks to all the generous folk who have passed wisdom to me through the comments section over the years &#8211; I learned a lot.<\/p><div class=\"elect-test\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"elect-571892941\"><div id=\"DFP-EW-InRead1\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> if ($(window).width() > 768) { googletag.display('DFP-EW-InRead1'); } <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<BR>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>The name &#8216;Engineer in Wonderland&#8217; was\/is a tribute to Professor Eric Laithwaite and his book &#8216;<a rel=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Engineer-Wonderland-Institution-Britain-Christmas\/dp\/0340051795\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The Engineer in Wonderland<\/a>&#8216;, which was based on his Royal Institution Christmas lectures that so inspired me as a child.<\/p><div class=\"elect-post-content-2\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"elect-1643357532\"><div id=\"DFP-EW-InRead1-Mobile\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> if ($(window).width() <= 768) { googletag.display('DFP-EW-InRead1-Mobile'); } <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>I was left with a wide-eyed fascination for engineering that has never diminished.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, best of luck folks.<\/p>\n<p>Hi ho, hi ho&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am leaving this blog to spend more time making things in the workshop and, hopefully, finally mastering FreeCad &#8211; amongst other mountains to climb (both intellectual and physical). So &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12787],"tags":[17160,15590],"class_list":["post-887156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engineer-in-wonderland","tag-einw","tag-engineer-in-wonderland"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.7 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Off to spend more time in Wonderland | Electronics Weekly<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I am leaving this blog to spend more time making things in the workshop and, hopefully, finally mastering FreeCad - amongst other mountains to climb (both\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/blogs\/engineer-in-wonderland\/off-to-spend-more-time-in-wonderland-2026-01\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Off to spend more time in Wonderland | Electronics Weekly\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"I am leaving this blog to spend more time making things in the workshop and, hopefully, finally mastering FreeCad - amongst other mountains to climb (both\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ElectronicsNews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ElectronicsNews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Steve Bush\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/blogs\/engineer-in-wonderland\/off-to-spend-more-time-in-wonderland-2026-01\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/blogs\/engineer-in-wonderland\/off-to-spend-more-time-in-wonderland-2026-01\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Steve Bush\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/#\/schema\/person\/6b872697fe5e17abda1e967b9d09c1bd\"},\"headline\":\"Off to spend more time in Wonderland\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-13T10:45:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/blogs\/engineer-in-wonderland\/off-to-spend-more-time-in-wonderland-2026-01\/\"},\"wordCount\":129,\"commentCount\":3,\"keywords\":[\"EinW\",\"Engineer in Wonderland\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Engineer In Wonderland\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/blogs\/engineer-in-wonderland\/off-to-spend-more-time-in-wonderland-2026-01\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/blogs\/engineer-in-wonderland\/off-to-spend-more-time-in-wonderland-2026-01\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/blogs\/engineer-in-wonderland\/off-to-spend-more-time-in-wonderland-2026-01\/\",\"name\":\"Off to spend more time in Wonderland | Electronics Weekly\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-13T10:45:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/#\/schema\/person\/6b872697fe5e17abda1e967b9d09c1bd\"},\"description\":\"I am leaving this blog to spend more time making things in the workshop and, hopefully, finally mastering FreeCad - amongst other mountains to climb (both\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/blogs\/engineer-in-wonderland\/off-to-spend-more-time-in-wonderland-2026-01\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/blogs\/engineer-in-wonderland\/off-to-spend-more-time-in-wonderland-2026-01\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/blogs\/engineer-in-wonderland\/off-to-spend-more-time-in-wonderland-2026-01\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Off to spend more time in Wonderland\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/\",\"name\":\"Electronics Weekly\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/#\/schema\/person\/6b872697fe5e17abda1e967b9d09c1bd\",\"name\":\"Steve Bush\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9265551aa9558e0529386854909c9e29fa812e6589d3c18b0e0ca30dff9397a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9265551aa9558e0529386854909c9e29fa812e6589d3c18b0e0ca30dff9397a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9265551aa9558e0529386854909c9e29fa812e6589d3c18b0e0ca30dff9397a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Steve Bush\"},\"description\":\"Steve Bush is the long-standing technology editor for Electronics Weekly, covering electronics developments for more than 25 years. He has a particular interest in the Power and Embedded areas of the industry. He also writes for the Engineer In Wonderland blog, covering 3D printing, CNC machines and miscellaneous other engineering matters.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/author\/steve-bush\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Off to spend more time in Wonderland | Electronics Weekly","description":"I am leaving this blog to spend more time making things in the workshop and, hopefully, finally mastering FreeCad - amongst other mountains to climb (both","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/blogs\/engineer-in-wonderland\/off-to-spend-more-time-in-wonderland-2026-01\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Off to spend more time in Wonderland | Electronics Weekly","twitter_description":"I am leaving this blog to spend more time making things in the workshop and, hopefully, finally mastering FreeCad - amongst other mountains to climb (both","twitter_creator":"@ElectronicsNews","twitter_site":"@ElectronicsNews","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Steve Bush","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/blogs\/engineer-in-wonderland\/off-to-spend-more-time-in-wonderland-2026-01\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/blogs\/engineer-in-wonderland\/off-to-spend-more-time-in-wonderland-2026-01\/"},"author":{"name":"Steve Bush","@id":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/#\/schema\/person\/6b872697fe5e17abda1e967b9d09c1bd"},"headline":"Off to spend more time in Wonderland","datePublished":"2026-01-13T10:45:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/blogs\/engineer-in-wonderland\/off-to-spend-more-time-in-wonderland-2026-01\/"},"wordCount":129,"commentCount":3,"keywords":["EinW","Engineer in Wonderland"],"articleSection":["Engineer In Wonderland"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/blogs\/engineer-in-wonderland\/off-to-spend-more-time-in-wonderland-2026-01\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/blogs\/engineer-in-wonderland\/off-to-spend-more-time-in-wonderland-2026-01\/","url":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/blogs\/engineer-in-wonderland\/off-to-spend-more-time-in-wonderland-2026-01\/","name":"Off to spend more time in Wonderland | Electronics Weekly","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-01-13T10:45:18+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/#\/schema\/person\/6b872697fe5e17abda1e967b9d09c1bd"},"description":"I am leaving this blog to spend more time making things in the workshop and, hopefully, finally mastering FreeCad - amongst other mountains to climb (both","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/blogs\/engineer-in-wonderland\/off-to-spend-more-time-in-wonderland-2026-01\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/blogs\/engineer-in-wonderland\/off-to-spend-more-time-in-wonderland-2026-01\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/blogs\/engineer-in-wonderland\/off-to-spend-more-time-in-wonderland-2026-01\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Off to spend more time in Wonderland"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/","name":"Electronics Weekly","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/#\/schema\/person\/6b872697fe5e17abda1e967b9d09c1bd","name":"Steve Bush","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9265551aa9558e0529386854909c9e29fa812e6589d3c18b0e0ca30dff9397a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9265551aa9558e0529386854909c9e29fa812e6589d3c18b0e0ca30dff9397a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9265551aa9558e0529386854909c9e29fa812e6589d3c18b0e0ca30dff9397a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Steve Bush"},"description":"Steve Bush is the long-standing technology editor for Electronics Weekly, covering electronics developments for more than 25 years. He has a particular interest in the Power and Embedded areas of the industry. He also writes for the Engineer In Wonderland blog, covering 3D printing, CNC machines and miscellaneous other engineering matters.","url":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/author\/steve-bush\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=887156"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":887158,"href":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887156\/revisions\/887158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=887156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=887156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=887156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}