Only fair to post the finished article, thanks to the help received : Good work, team. We modded the wall.
Something a bit different from me today, on the left is one of our comms units that reports faults in traffic signals, on the right is my soft toy version. It started out as a series of photos custom printed to a sheet of soft velvet, cost me about £17 TBH the print quality was better than I could have imagined, I'd have put more effort into the photos if I'd known. I did the lot on an old Singer 99k and at no point did I inject myself with thread Hopefully Laura doesn't twig as to where the stuffing came from.
I got busy, two 1M long cabinets ones open on purpose. Now all my power tools are in a dust free space which is great plus a load of other bits.
Thanks, not quite these are Wera ones, also have a hammer through pin on the back so quite handy. Working on a dust shroud for the chopsaw below the photo as well. Got a rough plan so far just need to work where to place the suction.
Ah, nice; I like Wear tools but can't get on with the shape of their conventional screwdriver handles.
Trying to see if there is a spatula inside this lump of cherry from the firewood pile. Switching to the snedding axe, it looks like there might be! Looks like it should be just about right for the camp stove, I needed something small and soft enough not to damage the non-stick, but not something that would melt. Not sure whether to oil it or what with.
Last week, I finally decided to rip the big paint blister on my front passenger door, and began the process of fixing it. I started by sanding down to bare metal the moulding area, then cleaned the contaminated areas before nuking the rust with a phosphoric acid gel. After 2 coats of epoxy primer, I patched the hole with Bondo fiberglass followed by a lot of sanding. Then followed the filler, more sanding, and a final coat of primer. I'll tell you what, even tho it is not perfect, I'm really pleased with the result. Bellow is a picture of the inside. I had to do a lot cleaning, before even starting with the phosphoric acid gel. There was a lot of rustproofing grease, and a big piece of self-adhesive tape from a previous repair which had been done by an auto body guy. Unbeknownst to me, water got between this tape and the repair. My yearly rustproofing is likely why this hole didn't expend beyond the area of the previous patch.
"Yeah, that's our kitchen. I bet you're wondering how it ended up in that situation..." Don't worry; it's intentional. We just poured in a new, insulated and tanked floor (and leveled it properly) and are now taking the cement render (which is bad for old buildings, because it traps moisture) off the granite walls. It will then be repointed in lime mortar. Meanwhile I will also be turning this big pile of wood into a fire log store... Such fun! Modding... the French countryside way!
@Nexxo -That looks fairly sanitary and pleasant, but a little dusty. Here's where I was at the start of April. Raccoons don't seem to mind rolling in their own filth. WHY the tenants didn't mind having a family of cat-sized rodents in the attic and walls I'll leave to your imagination. This property was clapped out when we got it and it was finally time it got fixed... a little. I discovered significant termite damage. For now, the 70's era roof was replaced and I have replaced all the facia and soffit. There were a number of SUPER cheap home builders in the era this thing was built. The original soffit was... cardboard. A previous owner had a cheap aluminum and vinyl replacement job done. I had a lot of rot and dead animals falling on me.
That looks like a proper shonky cowboy builder job - the brickwork's not even straight. I know the 70s was a whole different era of building regs, but that sounds as though they took it to a whole new level!
Only the best unskilled, illegal immigrant labor money could buy. A lot of those companies got sued out of existence, but new builders are worse. These old houses were at least built with old-growth southern yellow pine, which should technically be considered a hardwood. This house was built on clay, and the brickwork might have 10 clips tying it into the frame on the entire house . It's cracking all over and I can wiggle some sections. I trimmed a ton of the doors to get them to close, and 3 months later I have to trim again.
Something a little different... A wearable Tenna head, from Deltarune, for a cosplay the eldest wants to do at a Comiccon this weekend.
Going to be tackling lots of little jobs this weekend around the house and garden. Hopefully I can get around to 3D printing a new faceplate for behind the bathroom radiator, since the old one is broken where the pipes go into the wall and I can find a suitable one anywhere. One of these but one that comes in 2 parts so I can attached around the pipes, rather than having to disconnect the pipes and drain the radiator.
I must be a boomer because the only proper noun in that sentence that I understand was Comiccon, and even then only peripherally
It's what old people wear when they leak. Can you not just Dremel it in half? I did that with a similar surround for the electric shower. It's not brilliant, but also not as bad as expected. If yours is going to be white, maybe fill the join with a light bit of mastic...?
