A rather rustic hexagonal planter – limited by the wood and screws that i had available. The bottom is chicken wire and a compost bag with some drainage holes

Photographing brass is hard. It looks cleaner in real life.

All handtools, even the drill press is hand cranked.

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A bit of hand machining over to weekend. Can probably justify a mill and a lathe in a dedicated metal workshop now… #handtools #woodworkingtools #woodworking #ploughplane #metalworking #handtoolsonly

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Finished another knife. That’s 4 made during lockdown now.

[url=https://flic.kr/p/2j9exyN]Kardemummabullar[/url] by Mike Hams, on Flickr

First go at Cardamom Buns from a Swedish recipe.

Lots of lovely crafts on show again, do love this thread.

The oven is going well today, some pork, stilton and chilli jam sausage rolls.

Stairway to Heaven a back door

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Sandwich, those cardamom buns look great! I could eat three right now. Did you find the recipe online, or in a book? I’d like to give them a go.

Hi Gauss it’s a recipe I found online and modified the method slightly.

http://www.swedishfood.com/swedish-food-recipes-biscuits-cakes/509-cardamom-buns

I follow the first three instructions as is in the mixer with a standard beater. I melt the butter and add that with the milk/water mix (use gold top milk) to the flour using a dough hook. Extra flour goes in at this point to make the dough the right consistency. The flour I’m currently using needed around 50 to 70g more.

I found that I only needed around 15g of cardamom/sugar mix to sprinkle over the finished twisted buns, 95g into the filling mix at step 7.

The glaze is lovely stuff, enjoy.

Thanks Sandwich, you’re a star.

Ps yours look nicer than theirs : )

I turned some very manky bananas into a cake, with rum flavoured raisins too.

@sandwich please would you share your sausage roll recipe too. They look lovely.

@timidwheeler The sausage roll are from BBC Good Food website and are adapted from their marmite and cheddar recipe. Same amounts of stilton and chilli jam as for marmite and cheddar. https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/cheese-marmite-sausage-rolls

Top tip give the chilli jam or marmite a whizz in the microwave so that it doesn’t tear the pastry when spreading it. The marmite one is bad for this.

Thanks Gauss, beginners luck as my first cinnamon rolls were not as pretty.

@seadog101 is that the Nigella recipe? We have the inlander rum from Austria that gives the raisins a bit of a kick.

Looks like a modified banana loaf from the BeRo book, they’re all much a muchness. And by that I mean frickin awesome. Sounds like one to try next time!

I’m waiting for bearnecessities to post a small drinks table he’s made from his patio table after trying to fit the parasol.

Fanku Mr Sandwich.

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Made a cold frame from an old pallet.

I made a small oak side table, those legs are fiddly but satisfying when they are done…

I made this over the last few weeks.

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Still got one more roof section to cut, screw, t-nut and paint, but it's looking pretty awesome for a home wall! #homebouldering #homeboulderingwall #familiesthatclimb #boulderingcave #homecarpentry

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It’s not quite finished yet (hopefully this weekend) but I made a mud kitchen for the littlun, out of a couple of pallets and a bunch of offcuts and spare bits. Only thing I’ve bought so far is the plastic bowl.

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I had a day off today, so instead of sitting in front of the telly in my pants like any normal person I decided to build a mud kitchen for Wren. Apart from the two generously donated pallets and a couple of other lengths, all the wood is offcuts from shelves and other bits in the house. The hinges came from our old front door, and the bowl is the only thing I bought for the princely sum of £1.39. Normaly I'd plan out something like this, but this time I just winged it. I couldn't even find a tape measure. It took a while to break down the big pallet, but it was well worth it for the extra wood. I'm not great with a jigsaw, but you can't tell when the bowl is in. Next steps are to finish up the shelf on the left (it needs a support and maybe some more little shelves), find a door handle and some wood for a chalkboard on the back. Then all it needs is a lick of paint and it's good to go. #palletproject #pallet #palletfurniture #recyclingproject #recycling #mudkitchen #gotwood #diy #diyprojects

A post shared by Will Slater (@cleanslatewill) on Jun 4, 2020 at 10:37am PDT

Nice. Pro tip with the jig saw attach it to a bit of wood and screw the wood to the centre of where you want the circle.

Some great additions. That bouldering wall is really cool 👍

Nice. Pro tip with the jig saw attach it to a bit of wood and screw the wood to the centre of where you want the circle.

That’s a brilliant idea. I need to make a cover for the hole so I’ll give that a go.

I’ve not used a jigsaw in years, took me ages to dig it out the loft. I’d definitely do it better / differently if I did it again, but it does the job. Drilling all the guide holes probably actually made it harder rather than easier.

I hate them I’d go as far to say thats probably the only thing i thing a jigsaw might be the best tool for!

That bouldering wall is class! Would love to find the room for one but fat chance of that.

Mud kitchen looks great too.

I was looking at this picture over several years. As I boned up on it it became clear that most of the posh art commentators didn’t understand FM Brown’s politics and therefore failed to connect with his caustic humour and observations. Come the lockdown, I was a bit concerned (a few friends got it badly) that I might not be putting the bins out in three weeks’ time so I had better record some thoughts. So I emptied my phone, did it, then re-did it and edited the subs for the hard-of-hearing.
Those lucky Mancunians have got an absolute gem:

I made the pink thing which is carrying the yellow thing. I’m making a thing for the yellow thing.

More here if you want to see me stoating around glasgow.
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Some class items on this thread. Makes my little efforts seem a bit rubbish! But I needed a towel hanger/coat hook for an outdoors shower I am building so a quick hunt for something appropriate and 10 minutes later I had knocked this up 🙂

I appreciate not everyone’s cup of tea but I’m lucky enough to have access to a good supply of venison and always looking for new ways to try it. First effort at sausages – Moroccan spiced – really tasty!

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Some advantages of lockdown – time to experiment with butchery. Moroccan venison sausages #fieldtofork

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Nom!

@retrodirect I’ve finally realised what your bikeception reminds me of:

Wife wanted somewhere to hang a hammock

subaru brz 0 60

Need to build a deck under it now & decide what to put on the “roof”.

Need to build a deck under it now & decide what to put on the “roof”.

Another deck 😆 Have an upstairs for sunbathing, and below in shade.

Great looking loaf!

Great looking loaf!

Cheers! Haven’t had any flour or yeast for weeks, was good to bake again 🙂

Another deck 😆 Have an upstairs for sunbathing, and below in shade.

It is a nice view from up there 😃

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So with all the masses of free time I have (ha!) I decided that I really needed to learn a new, really complicated piece of software. Enter Blender. I've used 3d software – mainly 3ds Max – since the late 90s, but I've been increasingly pissed off with how flakey Max is, plus I no longer have access to the academic version. I tried Blender a few years ago, and couldn't get on with it. I watched a few tutorials then decided I was getting it enough to set myself a challenge. So I decided to make a skateboard, as accurately as I could. Not the most complex thing, but tricky enough not to be straightforward. I've started with the trucks. This is based on the baseplate of an Independent Stage 11 truck (I've got some of the measurements a bit off, I need to go back and fix that). If you've ever used 3d software you'll know that's not an easy shape, so I'm quite pleased with how it's gone. How do I feel about Blender? I wish I'd picked it up sooner. Once you get used to the interface its really quick and easy to use, with some really handy features only a key press or two away. It might not be as powerful as Max (although some of the renders I've seen would suggest otherwise) but it's a LOT nicer to use. And it's open source which is, frankly, incredible. Hopefully more to come on this one. @blender.official @blenderartists @blender.community @blender.share @blendercentral #blender #blender3d #blendercommunity #blenderrender #3d #cgi #3dmodeling #workinprogress #wip

A post shared by Will Slater (@cleanslatewill) on Jun 21, 2020 at 2:33pm PDT

Does virtual making count? I’ve started learning Blender, this is the baseplate from an Independent skateboard truck (though some of the measurements are on the wonk).

If virtual rides count, so does virtual making 😉

I’ve had a Raspberry Pi 4 sat inside the cabinet the TV stands on which made IR remote use a bit hit & miss and long wanted to attach it to the back of the TV but the M8 recessed bolt holes meant it wasn’t a 5 minute job I could bodge together with a strip of alu and a random bolt like the last TV.

Eventually dawned on me to use the length of L profile aluminium I bought for an abandoned overly complicated PI case project. Ordered some nylon stand off spacers from ebay, and a packet of M8 button head bolts.

I already had a IR receiver soldered to a header, but decided to practice my soldering skills and solder a spare IR receiver to another header but so it would point upwards. I pulled some of the pins out to make soldering easier.

So that’s it. Nothing amazing. Looks over engineered but I didn’t want the kids pulling it about.

Wittled a sideboard stroke room divider with a spinning telly in it.

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Sideboard room divider in its home. The customer wanted to paint this themselves to keep costs lower so it's bare mr-mdf. Television sits centrally and rotates on a turntable so it can be viewed from both sides. Sliding doors are fluted. Frenchie, models own.

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Kayak why does the mdf look kinda funny?