Monthly Archives: April 2022

Turning fence palings into dressed timber–part 3

Setting up for planing the edges of fence paling boards. I have relocated the dust extractor from the top of the table (thicknesser mode) to underneath the table.

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Turning fence palings into dressed timber-part 2

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Turning fence palings into dressed timber–part 1

Turning fence palings into dressed timber with the ALDI WorkZone Planer/Thicknesser. Dressed pine timber is expensive – very expensive. Wherever I can I use cheap fence palings for my projects and… if needed (like here) I can dress my own … Continue reading

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Speckles – Back home from shopping

Back home from shopping trip and first thing is to let Speckles out Back home from shopping trip and first thing is to let Speckles out

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Black & Decker Alligator Lopper–part 2

Testing the unit after repair.

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Black & Decker Alligator Lopper–part 1

This beast that belongs to a family friend has – lost it’s bite. This looks tricky – lots of screws and even springs (OMG) with a layered build.

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Speckles all tucked in and quite cosy-

The automatic coop heater (under the table) is coming out of hibernation. Check out the inside and outside temps.   Channel 1 – Inside coop temp. Channel 2 – Outside shed temp.

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Sprocket watching the footy with me

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Sprocket cheese treat

Sprocket demonstrating his preferred way to accept human treats

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Speckles having lunch – corn & rice

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