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Orion Smart Wireless Video Doorbell With Grid Connect
Having seen this at the big green shed and having installed a few Ring Doorbells for other people I liked the onboard video storage so as not to have to pay fees for cloud storage. Likes Under $100 Better image quality than Ring No cloud storage fees PIR range is better than advertised. Can recharge using a power bank.…
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Garden shed project
Next step is the Ekodeck floor on Friday. Had to give the batery charger a good work out after that.
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So I am getting a bandsaw
On sale, expectations are not high but time will tell.
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Dog-friendly garden screening
This simple screening using decorative panels adds a beautiful feature and also helps keep pets out of the garden. The project This screening replaced the self-destructing trellis that was used to stop the dog from running through the dirt. I wanted something that was mostly set-and-forget and this was a chance to do a…
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Plant id help
So I went to see a potential new client today. On the way back to the shop I found so free to a good home plants and I thought they would be okay for our window display. Problem is my usual got to app has let me down and we have no idea what they are?
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Resin
Had a play with the new toys. Banksia Cones went into a pressure pot with resin. ( photos later when finished ) The leftovers I tried some things with.
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Remove sticky tape from wallpaper
We have wallpaper on the shop walls and the previous tenant had a love of DIY sticky tape to fix everything. So she stuck down some of the peeling wallpaper with sticky tape and I would like to fix it properly without damaging the wallpaper when I remove the tape. Any bright ideas thanks?
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New garden screening
One problem down now to work out how to keep the hound out the garden bed without it looking like a farmers fence.
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Upholstered headboard
As I have a new bed but have kept the old headboard for now, her indoors hits her head on it every time she sits up to use her no. 1 love (phone). While I would have liked a Tas Oak end grain pattern headboard, wadding is a safer option. I am fine with the wadding, fabric (her colour choice), fabric button kit and I have…
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Western Woodworkers Exhibition 2020
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How to choose and fix new door trim on concrete?
Current trim doesn't cover the floating floor and it is on concrete which is outside anything I have tackled before ( I have used the nail through into wood at home before ) What trim do I choose for them and how do I fix it to the concrete?
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Boxing Day sale
Online got me around the working today bit... 5 to 14 days before I can pick up. 20% off today only.
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Open shelf end wall cabinet
Thinking of replacing the custom built monstrosity in the kitchen with something more in touch with how the house was originally built. The original (now in the shed) and the now aging poor imitation both have open ended shelves, that have gone from period containers, to 80's orange and now to Google Home Mini and junk...…
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Candle holder with rose bowl
Finally finished
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Removing a mantelpiece
Google has failed me on how this was fixed on. I want to keep the tiles for sentimental reasons and replace the top with Tas Oak to match how the furniture will be. I could take off the quarter round to see if there is a clue to how it is fixed on. Wallpaper will be going as well. Has cupped as one of it’s sins.
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End grain cutting board
My first as a learning experiance, now to find some Jarrah.
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Letterbox
Came home Sunday morning to see... Trip to report it Sunday after calling the insurance company. Got the approval today to replace it and so a trip to Bunnies. Cheated by cutting the top off the old post and pop riveting the new one over the top. Four screws with allen key heads keep it together, the paver stepping stone…
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Three year wait for a flower
After a three year wait... I got a flower for a day.
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Bling out your toolbox
I thought the two brands looked like they would fit together and now proof they do. I have some EVA foam for making inserts, just need to work out the best way for me to cut it. I don't have a hot knife yet but I have seen it cut with a stanley knife and people have sawn it, I have a blade for the multi-tool I may give…
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Everything old is new again.
Went searching fora combination square and had an @AndrewJones moment. The Stanley #1 Odd Jobs was a tool produced by the Stanley Works from 1888 to the 1930s. It combined features of sundry tools, in a single pocketable tool. The name Odd Jobs denotes that the tool does many kinds of sundry tool roles. Its closest cousin…
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Weed ID
Anyone know what this is? Got it growing in the pavers as well as it has showed up in some pots.
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Extreme workbench
Was looking at making my own lifting trolly and stumbled on this. I think that may solve the problem of the pit cut out in the shed floor and my wish to have a work bench that can move out the way.
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Kermit is not a frog afterall.
Today I found @Kermit looking unloved so I decided to give him a home, no sign of Miss Piggy though.
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Must keep out the bargin bin...
I guess I can now plan to build a shade house.
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Laundry door frame
After 60 years the rot has set in. Things I know - Standard door opening. Shorter than standard height. Double brick constrution. 140 x 50mm frame. I can find 140 x 45 in H3 Sash cover is twisting off the inside. Polar door frame is too high, narrow and too wide to fit the window and be flush inside. Lynx steel frame looks…
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Dowel Jointer v Biscuit Joiner
The boss wants the overflow of tropical fish to be kept in the back shed... After looking at prebuilt kitchen cabinets and aquarium stands, along with Rack-it and similar products, it was time to bite the bullet and custon diy the carcases using 16mm melamine. Experiance with commercial cam construction while ok for most…
