Turning fence palings into dressed timber–part 3

Setting up for planing the edges of fence paling boards.

I have relocated the dust extractor from the top of the table (thicknesser mode) to underneath the table.

Turning fence palings into dressed timber-part 2

Turning fence palings into dressed timber–part 1

Turning fence palings into dressed timber with the ALDI WorkZone Planer Thicknesser.

Dressed pine timber is expensive - very expensive. Wherever possible I use cheap fence palings for my projects and… if needed I dress my own timber.

The machine has two configurations - planer and thicknesser. We are setup for the latter here to smooth the paling faces.

Speckles - Back home from shopping

Back home from shopping trip and first thing is to let Speckles out

Black & Decker Alligator Lopper–part 2

Testing the unit after repair - all good.

Black & Decker Alligator Lopper–part 1

This beast that belongs to a family friend has - lost it's bite.

This looks tricky - lots of screws and even springs (OMG) with a layered build.

Speckles all tucked in and quite cosy-

The automatic coop heater (under the table) is coming out of hibernation. Check out the inside and outside temps.

Channel 1 – Inside coop temp. Channel 2 – Outside shed temp.