Today I acquired...........

[brewdexta]

Nice one Andy ,
I regretted every putting composted horse/stable muck on my gardens , it was full of weed seeds from the hay being used and the fact that seeds don't get killed inside a hose . .. Learnt my lesson well ,now I only used dung & straw based bedding from ruminants usually cows & steers as the multiple digestion kills off nearly all weed seeds & the straw does not have many seeds in it.


When I set my chop saw up on a long 10 foot bench I made 4 simple ladders covered in hard board, two to fit either side of the bench each about two feet long so the wood I was cutting ( 1600 feet to make a substantial fence of 24 bespoke panels with a diagonal lattice using treated roof batons for the top 500 mm ) was always on the same plane as the chop saw table ….it saved me making silly mistakes .

When it was not in use the platforms were slid under the bench & the saw to one end out the way

They were held in place with screw down handled F clamps … that also made it easy to put a length of baton across the bench top to get the exact repeat lengths .

The missus follows a branch of sustainable agriculture called Permaculture, basically low or no chemicals, no digging and loads of mulches, companion planting and promotion of friendly bugs etc. The mulches includes cardboard which tends to stop weed growth, she plants through the cardboard. Most of the horse poo we got was well rotted and steaming which tends to cut down on the seeds too. Our neighbouring farmer is bringing up a couple of tonne of farm yard manure, mainly cow, when he lets his cattle out of the barn in a few weeks. She's setting up a few beds at the moment, hence the need for large amounts of dung. She just built some Hugel beds, this is when you build a mound of earth over rotting wood, she dosed the wood with some bacterial/fungal concoction she brewed up, set it in a trench and buried it. You plant into the mound and the rotting wood slowly releases nutrients.

For the mitre saw, I'm doing similar to you, a couple of sheets of ply or blockboard set apart with some more ply to make an overall height of approx 130mm, the depth of the saw so the saw table will be the same height as the bench. I'll put a few drawer in it.

Cheers
Andy

 

[slim_boy_fat]

and promotion of friendly bugs

Like this fellow? He'll have three chevrons when he 'grows up'...... [sorry, coat > door...]

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Like this fellow? He'll have three chevrons when he 'grows up'...... [sorry, coat > door...]

That's is either:

A: A close up of my MIL.

B: Some relative of Norbert.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Not today, but when I acquired a wooden plough plane. This was black with dirt and was used to hold the blade in place during transport.
So it was thrown into along with the other wooden tools to be cleaned.


I knew it was a "Crib Board" as I play the game.

But zoom in, it has come a long way in its life.

 

[bigegg]

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Not today, but when I acquired a wooden plough plane. This was black with dirt and was used to hold the blade in place during transport.
So it was thrown into along with the other wooden tools to be cleaned.


I knew it was a "Crib Board" as I play the game.

But zoom in, it has come a long way in its life.

maybe not as far as you think.
they were often provided to pubs/clubs as promotional items.
maybe "canadian" is the name of a soft drink(? ginger ale ?), a spirit, or cigarettes/cigars???

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

maybe not as far as you think.
they were often provided to pubs/clubs as promotional items.
maybe "canadian" is the name of a soft drink(? ginger ale ?), a spirit, or cigarettes/cigars???

It does say, in the small print.
Made In Canada. Plus YMCA.

 

[ronan]

maybe not as far as you think.
they were often provided to pubs/clubs as promotional items.
maybe "canadian" is the name of a soft drink(? ginger ale ?), a spirit, or cigarettes/cigars???

Canada dry ?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Canada dry ?

Or Canada YMCA.

 

[rory1]

A new (to me) 17x96 DSG

 

[ronan]

A new (to me) 17x96 DSG

Lovely machine, a whopper though.

 

[bigegg]

It does say, in the small print.
Made In Canada. Plus YMCA.

im on my phone - couldnt see that

 

[DAPPH]

im on my phone - couldnt see that

Quick, good excuse Big Egg ... I like it

 

[MattF]

Got this yesterday. Works too.



Has G.C.R stamped on the other side, so probably railway related.

 

[Ruffian]

A new (to me) 17x96 DSG

That looks a sizeable item!

 

[jordhandson]

Today I acquired a nice little bundle of cutters which I though I wouldn't be able to get being so far away and the seller wouldn't post or let me send a courier, but a member on here is picking them up so I can send a courier to to him and collect and I am most grateful to said member whom I shall publicly thank later

 

[MattF]

This one about a week ago. Another worker.

 

[Arc Tourist]

Are you collecting whistles ?

 

[Farside]

The Acme Thunderer rings a bell. Not sure if they were ever police issue.

 

[Farside]

Got this yesterday. Works too.

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Has G.C.R stamped on the other side, so probably railway related.

Great Central Railway.
I was intrigued by that when I found myself passing over its old route on my journeys. It seemed to me at the time it would probably make sense to re-use it, as most of the track cuttings, embankments, etc were still there.
Not enough backhanders in it, probably.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This one about a week ago. Another worker.

View attachment 169165

Looks like a RN issue.
Found on:
Breathing apparatus for fire fighting on ships.
Shore patrols and gate guards on shore bases.

Or:
On my key ring.