Today I acquired...........

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I got this the other day, why?
I knew we had a family member who served on board her.

We knew that from tracing our family tree. We knew he was landed in September 1940. But we did not know why.

Thanks to google and The Royal British Legion his war record is being received from the records. I am having sent to me so I can add it to our history.

 

[Memmeddu]

After jealously watching other peoples finds I finally got one of my own,this draper bar with proto socket in my local refuse centres shop for £1 Result

Useful
I would like to have one a day
I used a smaller 1/4" one with satisfaction , very useful

 

[mrsbruce]

Today, I acquired enough ex pallet wood (pre dismantled), to build my first decent project in ages.

When we got our new front door, I left the hubby to organise everything. Consequently, we have a cat flap sized hole in the front door, which was cut too high for our now elderly cat to cope with a ‘real’ cat flap.

The plan is to close off this hole, and build a tarty step way to the cat flap fitted to the bedroom window (don’t ask). I’ve added my high tech hand drawn plans below.

 

[Tangledfeet]

Today, I acquired enough ex pallet wood (pre dismantled), to build my first decent project in ages.

When we got our new front door, I left the hubby to organise everything. Consequently, we have a cat flap sized hole in the front door, which was cut too high for our now elderly cat to cope with a ‘real’ cat flap.

The plan is to close off this hole, and build a tarty step way to the cat flap fitted to the bedroom window (don’t ask). I’ve added my high tech hand drawn plans below.

Carry on with sketches and drawings like that and I could award you a National 5 in Graphic Communication!

 

[zx9]

Today, I acquired enough ex pallet wood (pre dismantled), to build my first decent project in ages.

When we got our new front door, I left the hubby to organise everything. Consequently, we have a cat flap sized hole in the front door, which was cut too high for our now elderly cat to cope with a ‘real’ cat flap.

The plan is to close off this hole, and build a tarty step way to the cat flap fitted to the bedroom window (don’t ask). I’ve added my high tech hand drawn plans below.

There is a cat ladder up to a first floor window that I see when waiting at a local set of traffic lights, same idea as yours but each step appears to be bracketed to the wall, an elegant solution if you live in a first floor flat and have an outdoor cat.

 

[mrsbruce]

Carry on with sketches and drawings like that and I could award you a National 5 in Graphic Communication!

You should have seen the first 1/2 dozen drawings.

 

[Tangledfeet]

You should have seen the first 1/2 dozen drawings.

Aah, no; they'd be 'initial ideas' or 'thumbnail sketches', see - and they're part of the process!

 

[mrsbruce]

There is a cat ladder up to a first floor window that I see when waiting at a local set of traffic lights, same idea as yours but each step appears to be bracketed to the wall, an elegant solution if you live in a first floor flat and have an outdoor cat.

That would have been the simple way of doing it, but we had external cladding fitted to our walls, and I don’t want to go near that stuff.

 

[mrsbruce]

Aah, no; they'd be 'initial ideas' or 'thumbnail sketches', see - and they're part of the process!

Listen, the architects should be upping their game and using pretty colours for their drawings. I am ahead of them by using 3 colours. Who needs straight lines, proper angles, and measurements, when you have three colours, AND pink paper.

 

[Pete.]

You should have seen the first 1/2 dozen drawings.

So long as you don't crayon over the lines they'll do

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Today I acquired a few bits of steel....literally! I went to my steel place to see what I could get, hoping specifically to get some round mild bar around 8 10mm. The main skip was almost empty [Master of Timing, me ] other than a few offcuts of thick plate and about 1 foot of water.

But a helpful lad directed me to another skip which was quite full of treasure, if I'd been on on the lookout for large bits of 3/4" >1" thick plate. Then I spotted exactly what I was after and plenty of it. Much happiness!!......except it was under at least a ton of this other stuff. I tried to put the lengths out but no go, so I started to move some about a bit, only to discover it was bits of a gate, cut in half but still attached to the big posts. Oh, well.

I could have asked one of the guys to cut it with a grinder but didn't want to pull him off his job in case he was seen and got into trouble. Also, I might just have been told to b*gger of and never darken their door again. That would have been a big No-No.

So, I came away with a few bits of round tube [bent, but that's OK] and some rectangular box. Not even enough to warrant a pic, sorry.

There'll be another day, though.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Yep, another one.

But soon to be rehomed..

 

[slim_boy_fat]

^^ Where's you welder man? On holidays?

 

[Tupers]

Clearly Loki has done him in.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Clearly Loki has done him in.

I had to Google that.

 

[Anguz]

knocked on a door of a house with a skip thiscevening on the way home, and got this for the workshop... would have liked more time to delve deeper

 

[highseas]

knocked on a door of a house with a skip thiscevening on the way home, and got this for the workshop... would have liked more time to delve deeper

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Winner winner! I could do with half a dozen of them

 

[rosinante]

I aquired some beer for a favour , nice , had one very quickly , woo hoo that felt good ,checked the bottle it was 7.5 % , had a little sleep ,
Chris

 

[Dieselman 63]

Two more hammers for the rack, another 2lb by Brades and a 3lb Snail brand. Never found a 3lb before so dead pleased. Need to get that 1lb hammer handled and I’ll be away.

Also, someone was interested in Elwell forge the other day. I thought they might like to see this lovely old tool I bought a while ago, don’t think it’s ever been used.

Bonus round to the acquisitions, what I thought was a bigger Skelton hoe than the one I already have (right) but the shape is different. Both are nice and both will be used. Skelton is fantastic quality, $10 is a steal.

 

[Arc Tourist]

Listen, the architects should be upping their game and using pretty colours for their drawings. I am ahead of them by using 3 colours. Who needs straight lines, proper angles, and measurements, when you have three colours, AND pink paper.

Whatever your thoughts or ideas are, do not submit them to the Anti-Planning department for approval, as most likely they will give you a ridiculous excuse for denial;
like, " It would be harmful to the visual amenity of the neighbours and community ", especially if it can't be seen by anyone.