Sunday, August 22, 2021

Classic Sawhorse - part 2

Continue on with the legs with a combo of compound mitre cuts, bandsaw cuts and even using the good old handsaw.

Cutting the angled cross lap joints in the sawhorse top for the four legs.

Annual hard waste collection - part 4 final

Back to the backyard to prune the Bay Leaf tree at the bottom of the garden.

Working my way across to the right.

Saturday, August 21, 2021

Classic Sawhorse - part 1

Using the old sawhorse for bundling branches was too much for it in the end; the poor thing ended up lame. Oh well...we have another lock down project



No point reinventing the wheel, let's use the leg that broke off to transfer some measurements.

Thursday, August 12, 2021

Melbourne lockdown extended !!!

Melbourne lockdown extended for another week!

To help soften the blow I have posted this video of Al sharpening a chain saw blade



Best viewed on a Monitor or TV with volume turned up!


Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Whippet silhouette light - part 5

With the doggie lighting done we can now proceed to glue him to the back board.

Carefully measure, mark and drill the hole for the LED wires.

Spot the spotted dove


Annual hard waste collection - part 2

Started by dragging out the branches from yesterday's session out to the nature strip. Here we are prepping for the awful part of the job - branch bundling!

First thing - go find the old saw horse.

Another new toy for kitties.