After the success of Inaugural Shed Night, GG and I decided it was about time for Shed Night II. . . (Return of the Shed?)
We changed venue this time as GG had just spent several weekends installing a fantastic new bench in his, rearranging the layout and generally making his shed ‘the place to be [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Shed Night II
Posted in Stuff, tagged beer, mig welding, shed, shed night, welding on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bonfire Night antics!
Posted in Stuff, tagged bonfire, bonfire night, burner, lamp, lead, melting, November 5th, saucepan, steampunk on November 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
November 5th in the UK always gives me a legitimate excuse to have a stinky bonfire and burn things!!
If anyone recalls an earlier post about me re-vamping my trusty copper half-cistern and dustbin lid garden bonfire, here it is in action on this year’s Bonfire Night. The improvements I made back then have been really [...]
Finally, some goggles!
Posted in Steampunk, Stuff, tagged gas welding, goggles, steampunk, welding on November 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Look what my friend CCBB has just given me !!! (no steampunk aficionado should be without some, apparently!)
Rather than a niche fashion accessory however, these are Gas Welding Goggles, of a Shade 5 strength. As such they may not offer enough protection for my general arc welding (I think around Shade 8 or so are recommended [...]
Never throw anything away. . .
Posted in Music, tagged bass, bass guitar, Freecycle, guitar, Hitchin Folk Club, Little Johnny England, Music, navaro, recycling, woofer, Yamaha on November 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
. . . because you never know when it is going to come in handy!?
This philosophy has been the tenet for most of my life (and hence why my tiny house is so full of stuff!). Anyway, here’s a recent story that reinforces the idea…
Years ago a friend of mine into IT gave me an [...]
