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Monthly Archives: April 2015
ALDI: 6 Zone Wireless Alarm Kit
Been keeping a eye on this and waiting, now down from $60 to $40 and still quite a few in the glass cabinet – grabbed one
Posted in Home, Security, Shopping
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Masters – Foldable Workbench
Masters catalogue out now, @ $15 bucks going to get two of these!
Posted in General, Shopping, Workshop
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Pocket Hole Joinery
Decided to make a pocket hole jig. A pocket hole is simply a hole drilled at an angle that forms a “pocket” for the screw to sit into. You can usually find examples of pocket hole joinery around the house, … Continue reading
Speckles – good news
On our way back home from the vet and feeling relived after the vet had a feel and informed us that the “mass” inside her has gone. The “mass” is the result of secreting egg material which leads to egg … Continue reading
Posted in Chickens, Pets
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Sprocket and little Dexter
Arvo nap – pooped out after a lot of activity. Dexter just got a couple of paw jabs. Checkout the choppers.
Nar Nar Goon cat run – 6
Finally completed the job, we need to give it a cat test run Loz inside and Nat outside trying to coax Toro out onto the ramp – with treats.
Winnebago – counter top rail
After a night of thunder and lighting plus a domestic disturbance across the (what was used to be a quiet) road that required police attendance it’s turned out to be a nice morning so it’s off to the workshop to … Continue reading
Posted in Disc Sander, Mitre Saw, Projects, Router, Table Saw, Workshop
Tagged Woodworking, Workshop
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Nar Nar Goon cat run – 5
Another afternoon working on the cat run and still not finished – never mind. Travelling time chews up on-site job time, the round trip is about 80 mins. Above: Still have to mesh the front at the end there. Above: … Continue reading
Nar Nar Goon cat run – 4
Back home from Nar Nar Goon just before 6.00 pm and first thing is to let the doggies out – lots of excitement. Made steady progress today and we should be done tomorrow. Above: Stitching up the wire mesh overlaps … Continue reading
Disc Sander damage
To lazy to setup a small stepladder to get something down from the mezzanine floor of the garage workshop I stood on the edge of the table that has my 9″ band saw and homemade disc sander on it, then stepped … Continue reading