Monthly Archives: March 2024

No dig diary, 9th March 2024

Posted on March 9, 2024 by james

I’m not sure the Sun rose today, it was so dark all day. And we’ve had a fair bit of rain, too. I braved the rain to move my potted-up strawberries into Frankenstein’s Greenhouse and then retired inside a greenhouse … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 20th August 2022: A beekeeping toolbox

Posted on March 8, 2024 by james

Some people apparently use shopping bags, but I prefer things to be a little more ordered and hunted around the interwebs for a suitable design. Eventually I came up with something that I thought would do the job, but I … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 8th March 2024

Posted on March 8, 2024 by james

Yet more weeding today, but I’m now on the final leg and actually the last (small) bed and a half don’t look too bad at all. Which is a good thing, as in the last few weeks it feels as … Continue reading →

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Dial gauge mount printed

Posted on March 8, 2024 by james

Well, I’m not too impressed with the print quality, but here it is. There are a number of issues that need correcting: The centre section is too big The hole in the base is too small The offset cut-out in … Continue reading →

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First design for dial gauge mount

Posted on March 8, 2024 by james

After a quick bit of messing about in FreeCAD, here it is. I’ll try to get it printed out in the morning and see how it fits.

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Drawering my knife

Posted on March 7, 2024 by james

My wife has never been happy with the trays in the drawers in which we keep our cutlery (and other eating implements) because the preformed trays never have spaces quite the right size or the entire tray is the wrong … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 20th August 2022: Getting the angle right

Posted on March 7, 2024 by james

Prior to setting out on further adventures with the table saw, I decided it would be useful to put something together that would allow be to assemble parts at 90° to each other. I started by gluing together some offcuts … Continue reading →

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I know this much is true

Posted on March 7, 2024 by james

A cheap dial gauge arrived today. My plan is to 3d print a holder for it that will fit to a block of wood riding on a strip of MDPE that will fit in one of the T-slots of my … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 7th March 2024

Posted on March 7, 2024 by james

The ground is, err, slightly less damp today, so I decided I really had to get on with some weeding before the beds in the veg plot become a tangled mess of bittercress. I did some of the beds a … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 17th August 2022: A hive barrow

Posted on March 6, 2024 by james

My father-in-law bought a two-wheeled barrow for his wife to use because he thought it would be more stable, but she found it too heavy, so I suggested that he move the (metal) barrow body to a single-wheeled chassis that … Continue reading →

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