Monthly Archives: March 2023

Working on the scanner top panel. Cutting some plywood strips for the edges of top phone panel.            

Another day and back again to have another go at cutting another piece of Acrylic. Yay… a nice clean, clear and unmarked piece of ‘Acrylic glass’ that will sit on top of the negative to stop it curling. This time … Continue reading →

Making the scanner frame holder that will contain the actual negative. Measure, mark and drill corner holes to insert the scroll saw blade.             With the blade passed through one of the corner holes amd … Continue reading →

Start making the scanner box. The boards are tongue & groove and we don’t want the groove on the bottom boards so trimmed them off on the 8″ sliding mitre saw and here we are planning the bottom edges and … Continue reading →

The scanner box will have rectangular slots on either side. The sliding carrier will be inserted from the right side – something like that. Start with some scrap 3mm MDF.

Making a start building the box with no planning or sketch drawing. I figure however it turns out it needs a base so let’s jump in without dipping a toe. Found a scrap of MDF that will just be large … Continue reading →

A few years ago most of our family did the DNA Kit thing with Ancestry_com. When the results came back there was lots of fun and laughter. Well I’m back now (last month) doing the full thing, The Mackenzie Tree … Continue reading →