Another hobby I’m involved in is making replica droids from Star Wars. I do this as part of the UK R2 Builders Club, which is part of a larger Droidbuilders UK club. We don’t just build them, but we also take them out to events to show them off, entertain people, and raise money for […]
One of the other things I like to do is help out at conventions. The other day I got a message from the person in charge of the Green Room asking if I could print something out they’d found on Thingiverse to store the tea bags and sugar in for the guests. Of course, I
Taking inspiration from an Evan and Katelyn video, we decided to have a little go at making bath bombs. This was mainly inspred when we heard the list of ingredients and already had all but 2 of them in our kitchen cupboard (Bargain!). We needed to make a bath bomb mould and courtesy of thingiverse,
One of the things I’ve been wanting for a while (besides a table saw, still trying to plan and see if I can fit one in the workshop!) is a router table. It’ll make a bunch of things a lot easier to do. I had a rollaway table/storage unit under the CNC that I built
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The recycling boxes always looked untidy just lined up next to the stairs to my garage, so I decided to do something about it. I’ve previously made some planters for Joy to use in the garden, so I figured I’d progress to something a little bigger and made a bench that could be used for
As mentioned in the last post, I like to play with the big power tools. I’m currently learning and experimenting with a large CNC router that I finally finished. A CNC router is controlled by a computer to finely move a spindle to cut away wood. It works on a similar principle to 3d printers,
I guess its about time I wrote a post! Whilst Joy tends to be the more artistic of us and uses her hands, I tend towards the more industrial side of things and use all the power tools. This week I had a go at making some resin river coasters. River tables are very popular
So I have quite a ‘stash’ of crafty stuff, especially beads and bead making bits and bobs. It’s all kept in a big cupboard in our living room and perhaps, one day, when I’m feeling really brave I might take some photos of by vast amounts of craft stash. I’d need to really have a
So having bought some lovely little plant pots from the fantastic Baker Ross website (https://www.bakerross.co.uk/). They then sat in their box for several weeks while I decided what I might like to do with them. I’m no great artist so while I knew I wanted to ‘play paint’ – I’d no idea of a plan,
All of the credit for my fabric flower obsession is to my good friend Alex who showed me how to make these about 100 years ago!! Since then with the idea firmly pinched, broaches made, napkin rings made and some everlasting flower displays. I promise I’ve paid my pennace for stealing this one!! These are
