Stuff you have made today

[Hood]

Tried out the die in some leather and it worked well although I probably squashed it too hard in the vice and also I could have been a bit better with the alignment At least it lets me see it works

 

[magnet]

A muckle big fire. Turned a wee bit chilly

 

[redlig]

At the other end of the scale from Munkul and after many minutes of design work I managed to stick together 4 bits of stainless 12mm bar. Anyone guess what kitchen use it has? Size 200x150mm.

Sorry forgot photo.. hint A knife is involved.

 

[Hood]

Sorry forgot photo.. hint A knife is involved.

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Not a clue.

 

[Hood]

Made this to adapt a 120mm fan to 100mm dia ducting. Welding a bit scrappy but good enough for the job.

 

[magnet]

Sorry forgot photo.. hint A knife is involved.

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Is It a thickness guage for pastry?

 

[redlig]

Is It a thickness guage for pastry?

Close .

Not a clue.

Come on you must have ,it's made in stainless .

 

[redlig]

Having suffered years of badly cut bread ,by SWMBO, I decided a quick bodge was required and ended up with a 'Sliceassist'.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Having suffered years of badly cut bread ,by SWMBO, I decided a quick bodge was required and ended up with a 'Sliceassist'.

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I scraped a load of them.

 

[DanZac]

Having suffered years of badly cut bread ,by SWMBO, I decided a quick bodge was required and ended up with a 'Sliceassist'.

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Nice gadget.

My gran used to butter the end of the loaf and then somehow tuck it under her arm and slice the buttered end of the loaf off, resulting in a perfectly buttered slice of bread.

I've no idea how she used to do it, every time I've tried it just results in a ruined loaf and a massive mess.

 

[henry Kadzielski]

^^^ Wives or bread

 

[Farside]

Having suffered years of badly cut bread ,by SWMBO, I decided a quick bodge was required and ended up with a 'Sliceassist'.

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Just you wait until somebody cuts their thumb off.

 

[Farside]

Nice gadget.

My gran used to butter the end of the loaf and then somehow tuck it under her arm and slice the buttered end of the loaf off, resulting in a perfectly buttered slice of bread.

Then she would drop it, hook it with her heel and score a perfect landing into a waiting kid's gob.

 

[redlig]

Just you wait until somebody cuts their thumb off.

I bet when Fred designed the first wheel some happy sole said that might role back on you as you try to push it up hill.

Joking aside it is far safer than trying to hold the bread ,on a board, and cut past your fingers. I didn't intend to join the H&S brigade.

 

[m_c]

A thrown together stripboard to give me 5VDC from 24VDC, along with 3 line receiver chips to convert 6 differential signals to single ended signals so I can bodge together the latest project to get a job done.
I'll have to raid the workshop wire collection tomorrow to find a bit more variety in wire colour for the rest of the connections.

 

[BarrieJ]

Nice gadget.

My gran used to butter the end of the loaf and then somehow tuck it under her arm and slice the buttered end of the loaf off, resulting in a perfectly buttered slice of bread.

I've no idea how she used to do it, every time I've tried it just results in a ruined loaf and a massive mess.

My mother did the same, allowed you to get more slices from a loaf, since you were able to slice them thinner, no risk of tearing a thin slice when buttering it. I suspect my mother, born 1905 might well have been the same generation as your gran. They'd have known tough times. There's a fair chance that the loaves they bought, or baked themselves would have had a firmer texture than the bread made by the Chorleywood process we buy today, a process which is designed to make a soft fluffy loaf.

 

[awemawson]

My mother, born 1913, used the same technique buttering before slicing. We used to say she had a little bread with her butter it was so thick!
Mind you she lived to 98 so I hope I’ve inherited her genes.

 

[Cobbler]

My mother, born in 1912 used to butter then slice, I’ve tried it & failed miserably!

 

[magnet]

Put a little roof over one of the log Ricks. Used a few spare fence boards. Be a shame to let the logs get a soaking when burning season is just round the corner.

 

[daleyd]

Is that not Northern'ese for "rivet"?

It’s what you hit with t’ammer!