Wednesday 23 March 2016

Portable Potting Bench

My wife was having trouble getting down to re-pot the plants in the garden due to her back problems. I was looking through the back of the garage and found an old portable washing stand from when we used to go camping.

We don't really have anywhere permanent for potting bench so I decided to upcycle the wash stand.

I had a couple of old pallets left so used this to make a box and shelf to fit over the wire frame. I all folds flat when not in use and fits inside our small shed. I also made a lid for the top of the box to cover it over from rain for the times we do leave it out for a while.

Here are a few pictures of the finished bench,



Saturday 12 March 2016

My MAC Allister 3,6V MESD36 LI Cordless Screwdriver

Here is my review of the MAC Allister 3.6V MESD36 LI  Cordless Screwdriver

It has a some really cool features including carousel storage of screwdriver bits inside the screwdriver that can be loaded via a pump action ala shotgun.

It also has an LED to help when you are screwing in those dark spaces.





Sunday 6 March 2016

Making a Bead Spider

Someone I know was wandering around my pictures and came across the pictures of the bead spiders I used to make and sell on ETSY. She asked if I could show her how to make them.

The design is very simple and can be used and modified to make pendants and ear rings or ornaments.

I decided the best way to present this was to create an Instructable for it.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Creating-a-Bead-Spider/