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…
View More Updating SSLFirewood Drying
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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We have a small motorbike in the family! It’s a 90cc pitbike, and was a generous donation from a colleague. It’s got a Chinese copy…
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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.
View More Wood Dried in the New Wood StoreA tale of two mauls
Buying a splitting maul or splitting axe? Learn from someone who made a mistake. One terrible splitting maul and one great one. The first literally…
View More A tale of two maulsTrailer!
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.
View More My Wood CornerSlates, slates, slates
I’ve spent a few days repairing dodgy slates on the roof of our auld hoose. Almost every replacement slate needs cut to size. Hence the…
View More Slates, slates, slatesMantel Beam Mounted
It’s doing the job. The floating beam remains aloft, even with some cards weighing it down! I settled on 12mm threaded rod to mount this…
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This small project came about when I was asked whether the Raspberry Pi could measure the temperature of a biomass boiler and display it on…
View More Pi Zero Temperature Sensor (+webpage +StatHat)Shaping the Beam
The beam was 6″ x 6″ PAR – planed all round – so it was anything but round. Some shaping helps it look more aged &…
View More Shaping the BeamChoosing a Finish for the Oak Mantel
I’ve got an offcut from the oak beam to test a couple of finishes… left is stain in shellac previously donated by a local french…
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