Saturday, 24 June 2017

My new ride

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At the end of April this year I took delivery of a new Recumbent Tricycle.  It is an HP Velotechnik Gekko Fx26 made in Germany.  I decided t...
Saturday, 9 January 2016

Queen Charlotte Track walk

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Sunday 13 th December, 2015 Since we have a free day in Picton due to having arrived a day earlier than intended (all of the Interisla...
Sunday, 2 May 2010

Shelving project (aka Viva IKEA)

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I've been thinking about improving the storage capacity in our small spare room - used mostly as an office - for some time now. The big...
Friday, 22 January 2010

Woodworking without pain - the end

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Applying two coats of oil to the table a couple of weeks apart has provided the protection it needs from the weather - both wet and hot - an...
Tuesday, 5 January 2010

Woodworking without pain - the home straight

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Well I'm nearly there - just coming around the final bend and into the home straight. The table is now structurally complete and assemb...
Saturday, 14 November 2009

Router Table - Stage 3

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Its always the supposedly easy bits that cause the most pain. I removed the base plate from the router so that I could use one of the attac...
Tuesday, 10 November 2009

Router Table - Stage 2

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After creating the inside aperture for the Router Insert Plate to sit in, the aperture needed to be rebated to a depth of about 6mm and widt...
Monday, 9 November 2009

Woodworking (A digression)

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Having got closer to the pointy end of my project I found that I have to use the router on the small pieces I am using to cap off the excess...