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Uno, dos, trays

Posted on April 3, 2024 by james

Last month I posted about making new drawer inserts for our kitchen drawers. These: Well, you know how it is, same as last time. Sooner or later it happens… “What you did is really wonderful. It’s made such a difference … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 5th November 2022: How much do you need more compost?

Posted on April 2, 2024 by james

Quite a bit, in my case. So I have embarked on a new project, building as much from reclaimed timber and other re-used parts as possible. Can you tell what it is yet? That’s the floor, carefully engineered from scraps … Continue reading →

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So I might build a “polycrub” sooner than planned

Posted on March 29, 2024 by james

Given the problems I’ve been having with my cheapy polytunnel, it struck me today that I could turn it into a kind of polycrub given, say, some recycled scaffold boards for the sides and six sheets of twinwall polycarbonate. I … Continue reading →

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What on Earth is a polycrub?

Posted on March 28, 2024 by james

I came across these for the first time today. A polycrub is, apparently, part way between a polytunnel and a greenhouse. It is (can be) a similar size to a polytunnel and has the usual hooped frame that a polytunnel … Continue reading →

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More plywood than I know what to do with

Posted on March 27, 2024 by james

A local business generates a fair bit of scrap birch ply, mostly 5.5mm, but some larger sizes too. I’ve been exchanging small amounts of cash for their offcut sheets (which are often just under 4′ or 1220mm square and therefore … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 26th October 2022: A different kind of harvest

Posted on March 26, 2024 by james

My compost bins have been slowly gaining a roof of corrugated plastic sheet and a gutter to collect the run-off. Today it was time to play with the 3d printer again, and produce this It’s a downpipe rain collector/filter. (Hopefully) … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 21st September 2022: Who isn’t a fan of prisms?

Posted on March 14, 2024 by james

My wife had been muttering for a while about the fans we have in our bedrooms not being sufficiently high to be effective. And to be fair she was right. She’d balanced them on some cardboard boxes, but they weren’t … Continue reading →

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Table saw alignment gauge complete!

Posted on March 14, 2024 by james

At last, after a lot of changes of design for the 3d-printed mount, I have the entire thing assembled. The glue is taking a while to go off, so I’ll leave it overnight before testing it out.

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Ok, ok, so I said I wasn’t going to do it

Posted on March 13, 2024 by james

But yesterday when looking for suitable bolts etc. to finish off the dial gauge project I found some 6mm plastic threaded knobs that I could use instead of nuts for locking the mount onto the carrier. Unfortunately to use them … Continue reading →

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Success!

Posted on March 11, 2024 by james

My last 3D-printed bracket gits my dial gauge! It’s a lovely snug fit for mine and there’s no chance of the gauge moving during use, though the channel for the probe is actually not as high as it ideally ought … Continue reading →

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