Survival Bracelets
A handy way to carry a few metres of paracord with you. We made this following this tutorial from Bored? Paracord.
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Garage Gable Ends
Replacing rotten timbers at each end of the garage — turned out to be more involved than anticipated.
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Whisky Tasting
I’m excited to be attending an online whisky tasting this weekend. 5 Single Malts are lined up and ready to go – this should be…
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Morning Walk
From winter time – Jan ’19
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Simple Things
Picked up this pocket knife in Amsterdam for a not many €€ in a second-hand/antique shop. Realised it was still in my pocket as I…
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Axe Sharpening
The axe blade had a nick in it from hitting something hard. It was too big to deal with using only the sharpening stone. So…
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Updating SSL
After a bit of procrastinating, I finally updated SSL. The main change was to remove the use of insecure protocols; TLS 1.0 and 1.1. I…
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07/10/2019 Oldest from top Date Small woodstore Unknown 4B/T, 2B/T Unknown 1B front & 1T (been drying @ back of garage since early 2019) chopped…
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Fixing up an old trailer
I’m fixing up an old trailer I was given a couple of years ago. It was originally a trailer tent (a Conway Challenger, no less).…
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Cyclone style dust collector and hose size mayhem
So I want to connect a vacuum up to my table saw to reduce dust. I buy a cyclone-type dust collector. Then I sit and…
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Winter Visitors
Here are a couple of snaps of feathered friends from a few weeks back – a robin and a goldfinch. I’m indebted to a friend…
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Table Saw Table
I’ve build a stand for my table saw (a Metabo TS something or other). Space underneath for a vacuum and a debris separator. With wheels…
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Here’s an idea for storing gloves or other small items – wooden clothes pegs glued and screwed to a board of wood.
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Wood Dried in the New Wood Store
We burned the first batch of wood dried in the new wood store. I think it’s beech.
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Very excited to get my hands on this new (to me) trailer. It needed a new plug, so that was tonight’s task…
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An hour or so round here of an evening and stress levels are destroyed. Not that I’m stressed. Think I just enjoy chopping wood.
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