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Thanks for the good words. Wood is treated pine and sealing wax to weather proof

Metal and wood sliding gate I build for my son, measuring 2.200m x 3.800m. Ready for installation.

Yes, I presume they (the bolts and nuts) went to look for the missing 10mm socket

Been working for some time replacing wood rot on my camper. Abnormal high daytime loadshedding caused the job to be waaay longer than it shoud have been. Here is some remains of some of the rotten wood and also the new back frame fitted. Cannot carry on as there is loadshedding again.

Prepped my project Spitfire to be loaded. It found a new house.

One of 6 dining room chairs that needed fixing. The back ends came loose over the years. New dowels and wood glue fixed it. 1 chair also had the wood of the seat replaced and re-upholstered.

That will work for the seat section, have done it myself. For the back rest you will most likely have to sew a pillow like sleeve and pull it over the sponge, tuck in and staple from below. Use the old material as template

The accelerator shaft of my Badger Jeep broke. Just had to pull it out of the pedal assembly (standard early VW type). Welded up and grinded back to nominal size. Difficult part is to get it back into assembly sleeve. Confined space is the problem

Traffic cone I picked up at dumping site, some beer bottle tops and string - a cat scratching pole.

For a once off, this is what I have done. Get a piece of thick walled pipe of your required diameter, cut rough teeth on one end with angle grinder, place teeth side at required spot and hit with hammer, turning pipe in between blows. Takes time but works. You might have to cut new teeth on...

Idea courtesy of the web

Removed fuel rack and injectors of Nissan Hardbody (VG30 engine). Purpose is to bench test injectors for possible blockage. Refuses to start thought at times there are attempts to fire up. There is spark and fuel up to the furl rack. So basically I am doing fault finding.

Section of rotted wood shed that was destined for fire pit wood.

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You are welcome Some advice when using. It works (for me) best over open flames. I just put enough kernels to cover the bottom of the colander. I found that I do not have to use any oil. You will hear the corn kernels start popping, first time for me it felt like ages before they did. When...

I have posted pictures somewhere else, but here is my campfire popcorn popper made from 2 repurposed stainless steel colanders. They discoloured because of the open flames. Works like a charm with rotisserie

My BIL wanted a handle for the lid of a dutch oven so I made him one.

Had a small project for which I required to drill a hole length wise through a 2.5 inch section of a broomstick. As my lathe does not have a tailstock, I made an adapter to hold a drill chuck that fits on to the cross slide. Edit: Not 2.5 but 4 inch long broom stick

More cleaning of TS185 engine. All bearings run freely now. First had to fix a paraffin gun that was blocked due to lack of use.

Removed piston from conrod of the TS185 engine. Piston could not swivel on pin. Light hammering drove the pin and needle bearing from the rod. Cleaned pin and bearing with solvent. Bearing looks good with no signs of pitting or rust. Rings were stuck in groves but with lots of patience and a...