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Category Archives: Workshop
Almost as handy as mole grips
Again, not sure how often they’ll get used, but at least I have them and can clean them up so they don’t deteriorate any further.
I have a ream
Quite a few, actually. All imperial, again. Perhaps I should find some old imperial plans for making steam engines or something?
Lord of the files?
Honestly, I just don’t know where all of these came from. I suspect they’ve been inherited more than once. I need to sort through them and work out what’s worth keeping, but at least they’re all in the same place … Continue reading
And today’s mystery object is…
Well, I don’t know. It’s a mystery. If anyone knows what this is, please do say.
Drills, baby! Drills!
Ok, drill bits, if we’re being accurate. Since I found the three braces, I thought I might sort through all the old drill bits that were scattered around the workshop in various boxes and drawers. As well as standard metalworking … Continue reading
A brace of braces
#2 in an irregular series of “Tools that I have too many of”. And what is the plural of “brace”, anyhow? Brice? Braceodes? During “Operation Tidy Workshop”, I found these. They’re quite lovely tools, though I have no idea when … Continue reading
Eek! The rain!
First heavy rain of the Autumn after a long, dry Summer, and half of it ends up in the workshop! Not certain how I’m going stop this happening again for the moment.
There’s a new pencil shop in town…
Well, not in town, exactly Prior to going all-electronic, in our household Screwfix was always known as “the pencil shop” because whenever I went there to buy something I’d invariably end up bringing home one of their pencils for filling … Continue reading
Lord of the flies
In the Summer of 2025, the flies were just horrifying. Being so hot and dry outdoors they seemed to congregate anywhere there was some shade. Thousands upon thousands of them. It wasn’t just me, either. Everyone else I spoke to … Continue reading
Tacwise 191EL nail/brad gun repair
I use my Tacwise 191EL quite a bit for making bee equipment, so I was a little distressed when it stopped working. After doing the easy “check the fuse” type stuff I decided that since it was out of guarantee … Continue reading