Today has been a national holiday so a holiday on holiday really. It is the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. But yesterday we saw a pre-feast assumption of the recycling bin and it was very impressive. How’s that for a crane #MakersHour crew?
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️ Update on Titanic engine. Added a 3rd column. #Makershour #TitanicProject
Today I put bedding in the wash,
Then went to the community workshop.
We had a little meeting,
About raising funds for insurance fees.
Then I cut up a bit of Laburnum log,
I need to make new scales for my keyfold.
Popped into work,
To check on the new drain installation.
Forgot to pick up my prescriptions,
So had to pop back out.
Did a little admin,
And watched a few videos.
Did caretaking,
And skipped some lumps of concrete.
Introduced Mum to the tiny Lidl rice cooker,
Hopefully she will get a lot of use from it.
Made the bed with clean fresh bedding,
Then joined in #MakersHour.
Amser gwely,
#NosDa.
Thank you all for a lovely #MakersHour tonight, and a special thanks to @wokstation for his humourous take on question setting!
If any of you would like to be question master for a week, just DM me your questions, here or to @Maker_of_Things, and I'll set them up for you.
Thank you.
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@MakersHour@cupoftea.social @makershour@a.gup.pe @wokstation Sorry didn’t make it to #makersHour. Had a family emergency. Now no energy left.
Oi, @Maker_of_Things - thanks for sorting out the hosticokey of my insane ramblings. Had fun being in two places at once! #makersHour
A5: See, the problem with this question is that if I remembered or noticed a "bodge" that was still in place, I'd probably at least try to replace or fix it properly. If it works well enough to last, it becomes completely invisible and I don't see it.
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Q5. What temporary bodge of yours persists?
A5. See A4? At least the fence hasn't fallen down on the car yet.
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@MakersHour@cupoftea.social @makershour@a.gup.pe Behold the lumpy no-longer-very-new winding knob on my favourite camera. Started out as 'we'll see how long this will hold' years ago.
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@makershour@a.gup.pe Q5: (This IS the last one, right? I really need a wee now, those cuppas were lovely) Ah! Right! LAST QUESTION and then you're FREE! FREE!!! MWUAHAHA!
"There's nowt so permanent as a temporary fix" goes the adage. What bodge of yours' remains?
A5: Quite a few of them. If you hadn’t noticed, I break things and bugger things up regularly! I’m the king of the bodgers.
Is it bodging? Or is it thinking creatively?
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@MakersHour@cupoftea.social @makershour@a.gup.pe A5 I think for me its more a case of "I'll come back to that and finish it off later" and then wander off to something more interesting.
So from that point of view, I probably have very few things that anyone might consider "finished" temporary or no :)
So maybe for me it's more "there's nothing quite as complete as a thing that was good enough for me to lose interest".
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Probably all of them! Once a thing is fixed 'good enough' I probably forget to ever improve it!
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That soldered modem power cable. It remained in use until we got our upgrade to FibreTTH.
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@MakersHour @makershour@a.gup.pe a5 #makershour well moving to this place was a temporary fix when we were gazumped but we're pretty much hoping that it's permanent. It seems a solid arrangement
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(This IS the last one, right? I really need a wee now, those cuppas were lovely) Ah! Right! LAST QUESTION and then you're FREE! FREE!!! MWUAHAHA!
"There's nowt so permanent as a temporary fix" goes the adage. What bodge of yours' remains?
A5: Last century, the handle broke on a toilet cistern. I very quickly made up a new one from a block of hardwood. It is still there and in use. It has probably had a longer life than its predecessor.
Q5: (This IS the last one, right? I really need a wee now, those cuppas were lovely) Ah! Right! LAST QUESTION and then you're FREE! FREE!!! MWUAHAHA!
"There's nowt so permanent as a temporary fix" goes the adage. What bodge of yours' remains?
#MakersHour
@makershour@a.gup.pe
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@jmeowmeow @MakersHour@cupoftea.social @makershour@a.gup.pe I find twine excellent at fixing trellises. Trelli? Trella? #makersHour
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Q4. Has your making ever got you out of trouble?
A4. Not my usual fiber arts, but "I bet I can put up a guy line to hold up that sagging trellis fence after it broke under the weight of twenty years of Akebia vine growth" has held up for weeks
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@MakersHour@cupoftea.social @makershour@a.gup.pe There have been a few emergency repairs that have saved me. Like the seam of the down sleeping bag in the middle of a winter hike. Thank god for travel sewing kits. My favourite is the on the road reconstruction of a bicycle pedal with a knife and a spoon. I can't find any pictures of that one though, so here's a sandal that fell apart on holiday (the glue had disintegrated) that I sewed back together.
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@MakersHour @makershour@a.gup.pe A4 #makershour I've fixed clothes and broken bag straps and done running repairs in the garden. Ive even dared super glue...font tell the Scotsman. Im banned. Ive covered up PVA glue damage on a hoodie with crocheted leaves and butterflies and done similar with a cap.