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Pahahaha, according to my missus, it rhymes with Bat... 😂

Lol! 😂

Engine hoist bagpipe. 😂

Remembered an old 'wrist flick' trick I used to do with CDs. It turns out that it also works with aluminium business card blanks. ☺️

The bandsaw is being willful so I cut the bolts with a hacksaw and flipped them round to get more purchase on the wood.

Once I move the lathe, I can decommission my engine hoist, and that should give me enough room to comfortably work on the saw.

I kinda want to ride it down a hill... 😂

I need to trim down the bolts on my lathe stand so will need to set up the bandsaw.

I'm sure there's a better way of uncorking a new blade... 😂

Thanks, it's getting there slowly but surely. 🙂

Made a mobile stand for my metal lathe.

I went at it like fixings and glue were going out of fashion. It should allow me to tuck it under a bench out of the way when not in use. ☺️

I've had a thoroughly pleasant time building three benches and now have approximately 7 square metres of bench space! 🥳

I can start looking at placement and standing up tools next. ☺️

Solar death ray? 🙂

Nice!! If it helps, it's installed and working on OnePlus 12 which traditionally has lots of weird and wonderful issues with some apps. 😊

Thought I'd try something to clean up my YouTube recommendations and I'm currently using BlockTube to remove any recommendations that have a question mark in.

It's working REALLY well! None of the usual spammy 'Can I Fix this xxx?' 'Did I just destroy this xxx?.

Much less clickbaity now! 😊

Thanks! It really was a surprise and she managed to get a good deal. It'll be a while before I can give it some proper attention but just looking at it makes my heart happy. 😊

I'm splitting the workshop, machining and heavy stuff up the front and soldering and 3D printing at the back. I stand when doing metalwork, vices etc and have and office chair for soldering.

😂 Same as my other one, just under 95cm. I'm a shortarse so it's the ideal working height. It should also have plenty of room underneath to stash stuff.

Legs (X6 for now) are mostly done except I ran out of screws. 🤨

I cheated by 3d printing some templates/jigs to pre drill some pilot holes and keep everything lined up. By the time the worktop is on and wedged in place it ought to be fairly sturdy. ☺️

Thanks! 🙂 I'm going to lob wheels on as many things as I can do I can store them under the benches and wheel them out when needed. The lathe will be tricky to enwheel but it's a heck of a space hog and used rarely so it makes sense to stack it away.

I've got myself a cheap chop saw and I'm going to try and embenchify the entire back half of the workshop.

My carpentry skills aren't great but I have a simple design in mind that I should be able to build in place and not have to shuffle everything around.

I 'think' I have enough timber... 🤞

Workshop doors are insulated and I'm quite pleased with the result.

It should be borderline cosy in there by the time I'm done. 🙂

Thanks! It was completely unexpected. I'd like to make a repro version eventually. I can do everything except for the smoked acrylic lens on the front. If I could crack that (no pun intended) I'd have a proper go. 🙂

According to my partner, I've been a DIY god this year and deserve a present for being a very good boy.

I don't know what I was expecting but it wasn't this!

I've wanted one for decades and it's even in the right colour! 😍

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That's surely a Xenomorph. 🙂

Hah! Excellent! 🙂

That went pretty well. I cut some wedges to hold the sheets in place and randomly popped some spray foam in.

There was a tricky middle stage where blobs of foam would drop from the ceiling like the first level of Another World and I got caught on the bald spot but that (eventually) came out. 😂

Sealing and insulation are the order of the day. None of the joists are the same width or parallel but I'm measuring each end with some makeshift calipers and taking away 10mm for wonkiness. It seems to be working rather well so far. 🙂

Absolutely! I could probably still sing the words from Letterbox from memory. Probably. 🙂

An absolutely corking album - Minimum Waaaaaaaaaage hyah! 🙂

Mmmm... I do love a 'precious things' bin. 😍

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Physio all done for this week and I'm apparently in good shape 'for my age'.

It's the first time I've had a 'for my age' statement.

Oh well. I had a good run. I guess it's all over for me now. 😂

Got a physio appointment and spotted this on the way.

Nice to see Frank Sidebottom amongst the greats where he belongs. 🙂