Stuff you have made today

[zeppelin builder]

Mine has been excellent. Twice the spring has gone in 16 years. Nothing else.

thats good 8 year

more birds of prey? less suitable nesting sites?

i only suggest these because I've seen redkites catching them, and know they only nest in hawthorne trees around here - not in pine

a sparrow hawk been doing a fine job on the young pidgeons living in the old farm buildings here thought it was the cat till i seen it in attack mode , such violent precision

 

[Migmac]

Do you have any idea why they haven't spread this far North then? I can't believe it's because every single one has been picked off as they fly up country? We literally never see one up here.

Not sure why they haven’t spread North, weather perhaps.
Are there none in Inverness? Cities seem to be plagued by them

 

[jimbo84]

Do you have any idea why they haven't spread this far North then? I can't believe it's because every single one has been picked off as they fly up country? We literally never see one up here.

Not sure why they haven’t spread North, weather perhaps.
Are there none in Inverness? Cities seem to be plagued by them

Lack of nesting sites it seems....

https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/magpie/population-changes/

 

[Melvyn Best]

ZP ,Can’t say I agree with you about the wasps, anything that kills mozzies is alright in my book!

 

[Munkul]

not today - last week actually.

4m folding spike levelling board in front of the seed drill I bought a month ago - 0.5m folding sides, were twisted and bent up, they weren't doing any levelling anyways.
They were held in place by 5mm tent pegs!! with predicable results. The toolbar even had spare tentpeg holes to carry spares once the ones in use were bent out of shape

I've heated and twisted the extensions straight (it IS straight despite the picture, honest!) and drilled out the locking holes, made some 1/2" pins which hopefully should be a permanent solution.

I'll find out tonight when I'm drilling 12 acres of barley, anyways

 

[Agroshield]

Got this finished today.

The OCD in me says you need to route the LED strip so it does not cross any of the cut outs so it cannot be seen when switched on.

If there was a way to make the supply cable invisible, it would be spectacular.

 

[Munkul]

All part of vermin control. I don’t have magpies in my area, would control them if I did. Bad news for song birds of you have Magpies

I didn't realise this.
Are magpies covered by the general licence?

 

[Fraserb]

The OCD in me says you need to route the LED strip so it does not cross any of the cut outs so it cannot be seen when switched on.

If there was a way to make the supply cable invisible, it would be spectacular.

I have a solution to the led routing, but need to wait for a delivery to sort that, may also have a solution for the power cable, they're battery powered strips and the other back lit stuff I've done has a big enough area to hide the box behind, I've tweaked this design slightly and think I've managed to get an area big enough to hide the box.

 

[Migmac]

I didn't realise this.
Are magpies covered by the general licence?

Yep

 

[Munkul]

Yep

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years ago () Dad used to knock em off, not for conservation of songbirds, but conservation of his raspberries

 

[Migmac]

years ago () Dad used to knock em off, not for conservation of songbirds, but conservation of his raspberries

Crop protection!

 

[steviec_lj]

Fabricated a stand for the set of slip rolls, and started to teach the lad, 8, how to stick bits of metal together..

 

[arther dailey]

will you need cross braces on those legs?

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Are there none in Inverness? Cities seem to be plagued by them

Nope, nary a one.

 

[mpats]

Nope, nary a one.

You're welcome to some of ours! We've got loads round our way. To clever by half, I really don't like the blighters but they're willy and not so easy to shoot on my perms. Larsen traps would be the way to go but you have to check them daily and I often don't have the time.

 

[steviec_lj]

will you need cross braces on those legs?

Time will tell, there are still some “feet to go on it though.

50x50x5 Angle with 50x50x5 SHS legs, can’t see it flexing much to be honest..

 

[slim_boy_fat]

You're welcome to some of ours!

Nah. Thanks, but you're awright.

 

[4String.]

Fixed the wobble box 40 litre water carrier to the chassis, no excuses for not washing my hands...

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Not much.
Just needed some playpen time to chill out.





2 Plough planes, as I got them. They're were in a mess.



Had even modify a Turnscrew to fit the screws. Shame that 2 were dead by the time I removed them.
But I had spares.



A good few hours in the vapour tank with some new Meths.

I was not impressed with the results at first glance.




The tank did not seam to do as good as I expected.
The dirt did not seam to be ready to come off.
I was wrong.
It came off after a few hours drying. It had almost turned to a powder.



So when I used a cloth, old jeans, they cleaned up well.

The Wax and oil has brought them up very well.

The blades were left as they needed no work.



Oh yes.
I made that to dismantle the beasties.

 

[Memmeddu]

I'm building a drill bit sharpener as promised I'm going to upload pictures about
This is a good starting point
The abrasive wheel holder is almost finished
As you can see it has a fixed rake angle of 12° little bit hard to get a perfect angle without a bandsaw.
But I've achieved to get the right angle with little bit o warpage control