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08 Apr 2020 @ 11:57:45 am
What I am keeping myself busy with this shutdown. This is a table / stand for my drill press. The next project is a table for my thichnesser planer.
Any one else got interesting projects they would like to share?
08 Apr 2020 @ 12:17:16 pm
Dit is so lekker stil hier by ons dink as een nou gaan raas word hy geskiet.
08 Apr 2020 @ 12:47:49 pm
I have decided to buy a wood lathe to turn parts for dining room chairs which have been broken by the grand children a few years back. Unfortunately Adendorffs is closed at the moment, so my project will have to wait, hopefully for a week, but who knows. I am also in the process to create a heavy walking stick from a dry Karee branch. At least for this I have all the necessary equipment. I am trying to make this last until the 17th.
08 Apr 2020 @ 13:21:09 pm
Fred i was given a lathe by my nephew but just did not have space in my workshop for it and a radial arm saw i got ,so gave it to a friend. Turning is something i only have a little experience with, but it is quite satisfying.
08 Apr 2020 @ 13:33:23 pm
Years ago I built myself a simple lathe to clean the varnished legs of an antique stinkwood and yellow wood table. I did the work on our flat's balcony shortly after we got married. . Funny were not kicked out. I dismantled it afterwords as I did not have any further use for it at the time. We still have the table.
Neat work on you table by the way.
08 Apr 2020 @ 13:55:34 pm
Thanks Fred, its not the best work i have done but i am getting used to the radial arm saw to cut the tennons. My drill press with the square mortice attachment works well for the mortice cutting. Very satisfying having the right tools for the job and using them for a change and not letting the cobwebs gather. A bad workman blames his tools but then again you need the correct tools to do a job properly.
It also helps to have nice sharp chisels and cutting tools too.
09 Apr 2020 @ 08:57:27 am
Bly in 'n kompleks en het klein parkie langs ons eenheid. Met ons baie water afsny in ons omgewing het ek besluit om 'n 500liter tenk in die parkie te sit en water van ons lapa op te vang. Het stand gemaak en blare opvanger met dreinerings wat eerste water van die dak opvang en nie vuiligheid na die tenk neem nie. In die tydperk van lockdown en die bietjie reën is die tenk al half vol. Kan nie glo hoeveel water word vermors nie. Met my gas geyser en tenk is water probleem opgelos. Nou nog net die garage regpak.
09 Apr 2020 @ 09:24:18 am
Dis heel oulik gedoen en gladnie onooglik nie met die kleur en die gedeeltelike skerm wat die plante bied.
09 Apr 2020 @ 10:10:22 am
Looks like we have that same strainer system as you. Jan have you piped up your tank to the toilets or all your water? We have a 1000l tank with a flow controller and a pump which switches on when the toilet is flushed only. Did not want the runoff water going to the drinking water as monkeys and birds poo on the roof. We also have switch over valves so when the tank is empty the toilet can run off municipal water. Do not think ours is really a cost saving but it is good to know how much water you save every time you flush, and when it does not rain its surprising how quickly that 1000 l tank is used up.
Did the garage repack and chucked out my study notes and Tec Drawing files from 1977 which i kept all these years in case i did teaching again. Hard to get rid of such things and you have to be ruthless.
09 Apr 2020 @ 11:01:19 am
Ons hier in die Ugu distrik het al vir die afgelope paar jaar n konstante munisipale waterprobleem. Ek het vir my 2 tenks met n gesamentlikke inhoudsmaat van 7500liter opgesit met n drukpomp. Wat n fees. Nog nooit weer waterprobleem gehad nie. Ek gebruik dit meestal vir my redelikke groot tuin,maar as Ugu water afskakel het ek net n kraan om om te swaai en die huis het normaal......reenwater, natuurlik deur n filter. Ek het die hele huis apart bedraad met LED ligte en n sterk inverter. As die krag afgaan het ons volledig krag behalwe stoof en yskas en geyser. My volgende projek wat ek wil aanpak is n gas geyser in die een badkamer in noodgevalle. Die garage opruim projek........eish ek is nog nie daar nie. Daar is nog te veel "allerlei handige gemors" wat ek gaan nodig kry die oomblik wat ek daarvan ontslae raak. Moenie ons oumense terg nie......ons het n plan en ook goed om nog een te maak.
09 Apr 2020 @ 11:26:55 am
Piet im too nervous of using rainwater for kitchen and shower use. We have a lot of monkeys and Hadeedas here in Hillcrest Kzn and they use our roof regularly so poop regularly. Dont think the filter we have is adequate for drinking, would need to boil all water.
Garage clean out is tough. You need to say if something has not been used 5 years chuck out. Even chucked out 2 stretchers and a spider chair as they are never used although still good. Now at least i can park my motor cycle properly at the end of the garage. Have put aside a dome tent with extension i am donating to scouts at end of lockdown. Not used 10 years.
09 Apr 2020 @ 12:04:27 pm
Paul for shower and bathroom we use our tank water. We are not troubled by monkeys or Hadedas on our roof. Just ensure you install one of those long blue filters on the inlet to your house. In times of need we only drink,or cook, with bottled water.
09 Apr 2020 @ 12:46:02 pm
Dit is nogal interresant om iets te doen met wat mens het. Ek het `n hout krat gemaak vir braai goeters en moes baie mooi kyk na dimensies ens. om dit te maak aangesien mens nie kan gaan hout koop later nie.
Wonder tans wat om te doen met `n motor wat by die huis lê. (dink dis `n ou wasmasjien motor).
O, ja en het uit ou staal `n staan lamp gemaak.
09 Apr 2020 @ 14:01:56 pm
Paul, I had to rush before the shutdown to get the leaf catcher and strainer. Could not get them from any hardware store in Durban and ordered them from Cape Town.
Next step after lockdown is to connect toilets and showers. Bought the tank and pump from a doctor who never used it for R900.00. The pump also switched on when you open a tap.
Piet, ai het party goed opgetel, neergesit, weer bekyk, gedink waar ek dit eendag gaan nodig kry en maar op die bakkie gegooi. Mense by die werk sal bly wees want Ranger se bak is vol. Die "stand" vir die tenk het ek van afval yster van my lapa gemaak maar Elmarie werk ook van die huis af en sy is onnodig streng op my. Ons het 'n reël binne in die huis is hare en buite is myne maar sy oortree gereeld.
09 Apr 2020 @ 16:12:53 pm
Jan jy dink nie daardie klomp goed agter op jou bakkie kan nog deur iemand anders benodig word nie. Maak n lys op die forum man....jy kan dalk nog n paar rand verdien. (belowe net jy sal nie dat Susan hiervan hoor nie.)