I found out there’s such a thing as beige PLA and there was only one thing to do in response: I made a retro computer, Well, when I say I made a retro computer, what I mean is I made a model of a retro computer. It was largely an […]

Well, kinda jeans, trousers. I’ve got this pair of old work trousers that I’ve been using for garden work for the last 6 months or so and the knee finally started blowing out. Normally when this happens I ignore it until it’s completely destroyed but this time I thought I’d […]

About a year ago my UPS exploded after the power FETs decided to go short circuit and unsolder themselves from the board. My attempts at repair failed, so I pulled it apart. One thing I was left with was the power distribution panel. It was a clip-in module and I […]

I was poking around in the box of junk in the linen press in preparation for cleaning it out when I came across the bits and pieces of this old toy jet. Now, I knew they were there, I just hadn’t got around to doing anything about them but on […]

Well, Chris and Mum thought it might be a good idea to get a new clothesline, since the old one was pretty knackered. I finally got around to taking another trailer load of rubbish to the tip and came home with a new clothesline from Bunnings. Of course the trick […]

So I added a rail. Mum wanted a rail. I figured I’d need to make up some posts with flat bases that could be bolted to the floor, with some kind of handrail attached. I’d already had a mosey around the metal section at Bunnings and a poke through the […]

Ever since Mum got out of hospital I’ve noticed that the transition from the garage floor to the ramp was really not very safe. The way the ramp went out from the door into the house straight down to the garage floor meant that Mum was having to navigate around […]

I don’t need to explain what is going on here do I? No I didn’t think so. But for context, I’ve been having trouble closing the bedroom window. I imagined it was something in the mechanism was stuffing up. Finally I got sick of it and pulled the winder off. […]

On our way back from Perth, Chris asked me about 3D printers. I haven’t kept up on the 3D printer market, but he said he wanted to try and make some historical Cornish fishing vessels for his railway modelling. My existing 3D printer is a clone of the Makerbot 2 […]