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Oct. 12, 2024

Newsletter
Jigsaws and Broad Beans

This week I have been making up for my woodworking stall the past few weeks and have gone full steam. It started with dovetail and box joint practice.

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Oct. 5, 2024

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Food Forest Planning and Oddbits

I’ve spent the week mocking out the layout, starting with around 30 trees. I have a master spreadsheet now, which I’ve made a grid out of. Each square / cell represents one square metre.

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Sept. 28, 2024

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Knitting Power and Paper Mache Trials

The week started with me hurting my back. Not exactly sure how it happened, I just woke up one morning with so much pain that I could barely move or walk around.

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Sept. 21, 2024

Newsletter
Woodworking Breakthroughs and Magic Wands

This was a proper week of woodworking. The wood arrived last week Friday, and I got started on it the next day. I started sawing the massive sheets (2.4m x 1.2m) of plywood in garden. I have a handsaw and it was heavy going…

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Sept. 14, 2024

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September Setup

This week I officially finished my new blog. All the functionality is done finally! There is always tweaks and improvements, but am happy with the current state and testing is done so am happy to realise it.

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Sept. 7, 2024

Newsletter
Canned Passata and Woodworking Set Up

Finally made it back HOME on Monday afternoon. I finished the third ball of wool on the Rikke jumper on the plane. I want to start making jumper tags for the back of the neck to write down the pattern and wool used written on it, potentially add it to old


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Latest Completed Projects



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Oct. 6, 2024

Project
Practice Dovetail Box

This is a quick little project to practice dovetails before the real project of the tool cupboard. This turned out much more difficult than expected... Well, I did expect it to be difficult and given I hard it is to just saw in a straight line, a perfect

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Oct. 6, 2024

Project
Dovetail Template and Guide

Two mini projects I'd like to do here. One is the dovetail template. This will help me draw out the same angles each time. I could make 3 templates; one 1:6 one 1:7 and one 1:8. The 1:7 is the angle that is used most I believe. Here is an article on how t

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Oct. 4, 2024

Project
Halloween Costumes for Kids

Halloween is coming up and I have a niece and newphew (2 and 4 years old) that will be dressing up and trick or treating of course. A