What Have You Fettled Today?
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Rusty Nails
We remember
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- Living in the slow lane
Finished the balance bike I have rebuilt for my granddaughter for Christmas.
It had been thrown out by a neighbour. I stripped it down, sanded the old paint off, repainted it, greased the hubs and it's ready to go.
Really enjoyed the project, and it's the first one that required woodwork.
It had been thrown out by a neighbour. I stripped it down, sanded the old paint off, repainted it, greased the hubs and it's ready to go.
Really enjoyed the project, and it's the first one that required woodwork.
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- The TerrorVortex
Fettled a cake :-)
Otago is one of the places where Yellow-Eyed Penguins live.
Making things out of sugar paste is trickier than it looks...
Otago is one of the places where Yellow-Eyed Penguins live.
Making things out of sugar paste is trickier than it looks...
It's a good job that you didn't spill any of the yellow on the snow or that would have unleashed lots of imature humour
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- The TerrorVortex
Like I didn't consider it...
More bike shed fettling; the skateboard ramp, required to lift the road bike over the dehumidifier outlet pipe, was delivered rather too efficiently by Yodal on Tuesday which did scupper my lunch arrangements for my last pre Christmas working (at home) day as I needed to do a bit of shopping so a short lunch and a later break needed.
So, after a dismal day yesterday only fit for ducks, a cold but largely sunny Christmas Eve morning saw the bikes and a few bits out of the shed and the annoying discovery that the ramp was too wide, or rather the shed too narrow as it means strictly the dehumidifier is too close to the side walls of the shed. A corner cut out of the ramp to fit around part of the dehumidifier and a cheap storage box from B&Q beyond, quickly filled up with spare parts. Being a bit flimsy I stuck an appropriately sized sheet of 3mm hardboard on the inside of the lid to hopefully give it a bit more strength.
The road bike now fits in without having to be hung from a hook in order to clear the dehumidifier outlet pipe.
Nevertheless the preparation of the improved accommodation upset both bikes as whilst I was taking a coffee break they briefly got snowed on.
So, after a dismal day yesterday only fit for ducks, a cold but largely sunny Christmas Eve morning saw the bikes and a few bits out of the shed and the annoying discovery that the ramp was too wide, or rather the shed too narrow as it means strictly the dehumidifier is too close to the side walls of the shed. A corner cut out of the ramp to fit around part of the dehumidifier and a cheap storage box from B&Q beyond, quickly filled up with spare parts. Being a bit flimsy I stuck an appropriately sized sheet of 3mm hardboard on the inside of the lid to hopefully give it a bit more strength.
The road bike now fits in without having to be hung from a hook in order to clear the dehumidifier outlet pipe.
Nevertheless the preparation of the improved accommodation upset both bikes as whilst I was taking a coffee break they briefly got snowed on.
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I’ve had some nice stuff for Christmas so couldn’t resist having a fiddle whilst lunch was cooking
kids bought me a lovely Japanese tool box
so filled it up with all my bike specific tools.
My wife bought me a bench mounted stand, perfect for holding and restoring bare frames over the bench
kids bought me a lovely Japanese tool box
so filled it up with all my bike specific tools.
My wife bought me a bench mounted stand, perfect for holding and restoring bare frames over the bench
Juan Kog
permanently grumpy
Mudguards on your turbo bike ? I'm sorry you're workshop has such a severe flooding problem. 😂
I just use the turbo as a stand
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- Inside my skull
Juan Kog
permanently grumpy
I guessed that . I’ve given my script writer a Christmas holiday and I’m doing my own jokes. It shows doesn’t it.
The bench mount work stand looks very useful.
the idea is for it to hold a bare frame over the bench, I’ve got a bike ready for restoration so we’ll see how it works
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
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- Land of confusion
new boots on the winter bike
