Author Archives: james

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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No dig diary, 6th March 2024

Posted on March 6, 2024 by james

I was hoping to get more seeds sown today, but circumstances intervened and I completely failed. Not least because I am now completely out of propagator space despite moving six trays of peppers into the main greenhouse. And to do … Continue reading →

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More ply for beehive parts

Posted on March 6, 2024 by james

I needed some more thin ply, so I messaged a local business that I’ve collected some from previously. They told me they’d be cutting up to 50 (2.4m x 1.2m or 8’x4′) sheets this week and I was welcome to … Continue reading →

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Spot the muppet

Posted on March 6, 2024 by james

Anyone seen them both in the same room?

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No dig diary, 5th March 2024

Posted on March 5, 2024 by james

More seed-sowing today, to go into the propagator tomorrow after I make some space. A second round of sweet peppers and chiles to start with, though distinctly average germination of my first round of jalapenos means I’m going to need … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 9th August 2022: Next from the scrap pile

Posted on March 5, 2024 by james

Now I have my new table saw I decided it was time to do something about the fun of jarring honey from a bucket, particularly as the level gets near the bottom. So I made a bespoke “bucket tipper”. The … Continue reading →

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