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^^^Nice! How hot does the oven bit get? Ive got a few of these cylinders that have been hanging around for years, rusty and manky so might have to fab something! Well obviously I haven’t had a thermometer in there & as mentioned only had a few hand fulls of charcoal in the fire, but it cooked a couple of large sweet potatoes in about 40 mins. The heat was pretty intense when you open the door. I would guess with some proper logs in the fire it will be really really hot in there. I’ll try & get a thermometer in it at some point & report back 😀
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oldisbetter
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I did a first ‘partial’ burn, should we call it. I used charcoal though, as it was a fairly pleasant evening & a few neighbours with washing out on their lines, if you burn wood it obviously smokes & stinks somewhat. It works way better than I anticipated & the draw up through the fire is brilliant. I roasted a couple of sweet potatoes in the oven section just for the hell of it & that too is spot on. Well pleased with it! I did a burn up after midnight to not annoy anyone but a neighbour noticed i was burning a few things somehow.
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I did a first ‘partial’ burn, should we call it. I used charcoal though, as it was a fairly pleasant evening & a few neighbours with washing out on their lines, if you burn wood it obviously smokes & stinks somewhat. It works way better than I anticipated & the draw up through the fire is brilliant. I roasted a couple of sweet potatoes in the oven section just for the hell of it & that too is spot on. Well pleased with it! I did a burn up after midnight to not annoy anyone but a neighbour noticed i was burning a few things somehow. That reminded me of a time I had a burn up that got a bit scary. Ive got a bin that I burn wood in every so often, as and when I get a pile of it. Last year I got rid of my dads old workbench. Before it was a workbench it was an old table. Very old, but it had been chopped about, drilled full of holes, bits added here and there, woodworm. rot in one corner, more woodworm. There was about 2ft of one panel that was OK, so I kept it and made a shelf out of it, it was Oak after all. The rest got burnt. Now, bearing in mind this had put up with engine rebuilds and stuff for about 40 years, it was soaked a fair amount of oil and petrol. And probably many MANY other flammable liquids. I borrowed an axe to chop it up into little pieces, filled up the bin, and set light to it. After about 5 minutes it took hold, and believe me, the picture above is NOTHING compared to what things escalated too. It was seriously violent and roaring, which in all honesty makes it sound like a proper man-fire, but it was far too OTT. Luckily it was far enough away from anything to cause any problems, but I often wonder what some of the neighbours thought, none complained though.
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Jun 10, 2020 12:03:13 GMT
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Down at the workshop we have a fire pit. People in the know tend to dump old timber products, cabinets, pallets etc down there as they know it'll all get recycled in to carbon if left there long enough. One fine evening we decided to drop a whole wooden paint cabinet on the firepit. Turns out along with soaking up a few litres of paint over the years, there was half a can of paint glued to the bottom shelf as well. We ended up standing on the car ramps nearby with a firehose on the fire, just to keep it mildly under control.
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Last Edit: Jun 10, 2020 12:04:10 GMT by varelse
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Jun 13, 2020 16:36:20 GMT
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Well the post box got a big parcel today from mercdan68 Inside a couple of spare rear lights To fit my HB, hopefully I wont need to use them but its great to have spares! A big thanks again to mercdan68 for sending them up free of charge
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stealthstylz
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Jun 14, 2020 11:45:08 GMT
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Jun 14, 2020 19:10:54 GMT
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Weather was lovely today, so I called at the petrol station & got a couple of bags of charcoal. I had half a leg of lamb, so a few garlic cloves later & some mint from the garden, with a glug of olive oil & we had this Along with some veg I cracked a beer & relaxed, then the sky went black & the drops began. It was truly biblical, in 5 mins it was 3 inch deep in the patio. I got my shack roof up with seconds to spare (good job it only takes about 15 on em’ to put up) It came like the clappers & then stopped as fast as it came & we had this & then this I can report, it was a good evening
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Jun 14, 2020 19:42:27 GMT
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^^^that looks good! Shame about the weather, what part of the country are you? Were on the lincolnshire East Coast and its been cold and cloud all day!
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^^^that looks good! Shame about the weather, what part of the country are you? Were on the lincolnshire East Coast and its been cold and cloud all day! East Mids so about 80-90 miles from you
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bstardchild
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Jun 15, 2020 21:25:04 GMT
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Right so since lock down I've been working from home now this means the dining room have been set up as a home office And I have a clear view of Mrs BC's veg patch - She'd been moaning about the poor crop for the last couple of years and I knew we had a few pigeons around but I was amazed to see just how many raid the garden during the day - best count was 6 all on the veg patch on one day (she put oats round it to stop the slugs - 30 mins and they'd cleaned them all up. Now there is a ruins near us that used to provide home to doves and pigeons but English heritage pointed up all the nooks and crannies that were homes to pigeons so they have migrated to alternatives (the doves weren't affected it seems were fine) They curse word all over the patio and decking and have stripped all the fruit trees of foliage and fruit so Mrs BC not best pleased. It seems they need a bit of a cull - however Mrs BC is dead against that idea right now but the more she moans about the damage the more I say well you won't let me shoot them so suck it up. She is slowly coming round to my way of thinking. Anyway it's 35 years since I did any shooting so I thought I'd better get my eye in so to speak. Living on an small housing estate isn't ideal and the law is clear - the most important element is if you shoot with an air rifle the pellets cannot leave the boundary of the property So I needed a target and I needed a back stop so I could practice until I was back to my previous level (or as close to it as I could be). If you can't kill something clean don't shoot at it stick to targets. So I dug around for some stuff to build a backstop with Box shape is 4 x 2 In-filled with sacrificial decking board off cuts Back is 4 x 2 Bloody thing is heavy 5mm ply front removable to inspect the back stop And here with a target Dusted off the air rifle and stuck a pellet in to see how well set up the scope was Not every well so need to make a gun support to set up the scope properly and then I need to practice a lot Oh and she still hasn't agreed to shooting the bloody tree rats but when she does hopefully I will be ready They took the curse word out of me by raiding the garden when I was building it They also eat the bloody hedgehog food if you put it out to early
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bstardchild
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Jun 15, 2020 21:59:42 GMT
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Anyway with 35 years since I last shot anything I was actually surprised I got it on the backstop let alone the target (hence the slightly over engineered and sized backstop Needed to set up the scope properly - I know you can do it by eye and with grouping shots of 4 or five but I've got time to waste This just has to work enough to set up the scope so again made from more scrap wood from the shed Good video from the internet made it a lot simpler than I'd imagined
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Jun 16, 2020 10:01:05 GMT
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Oh, now that's a good idea. I shall have to dig out my old break-barrel Weihrauch and see if I can get the damn squirrels that are taking the apples from my tree. The dogs caught one the other night, but the dogs aren't always down the garden when Tufty pops up.
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bstardchild
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Jun 16, 2020 11:03:15 GMT
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Oh, now that's a good idea. I shall have to dig out my old break-barrel Weihrauch and see if I can get the damn squirrels that are taking the apples from my tree. The dogs caught one the other night, but the dogs aren't always down the garden when Tufty pops up. If I had a squirrel problem I'd borrow Molly (little long legged terrier a friend has) she's brilliant at catching squirrels and despatches them faster than a pellet - unfortunately she's not so good at catching "rats with wings" as they have vertical take off abilities - still chases them mind as it's "her land"
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Jun 16, 2020 11:18:38 GMT
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Oh, now that's a good idea. I shall have to dig out my old break-barrel Weihrauch and see if I can get the damn squirrels that are taking the apples from my tree. The dogs caught one the other night, but the dogs aren't always down the garden when Tufty pops up. If I had a squirrel problem I'd borrow Molly (little long legged terrier a friend has) she's brilliant at catching squirrels and despatches them faster than a pellet - unfortunately she's not so good at catching "rats with wings" as they have vertical take off abilities - still chases them mind as it's "her land" Molly sounds excellent. My 2 are Border terriers so not bad at catching & despatching; trouble is there's a damn great wood over the stream from our garden so it's a bit like painting the Forth bridge trying to stop the squirrels. I'm hoping if we can eliminate the ones that live nearest to us that know about the apple trees, the ones that move in to take over will be discouraged. The youngest dog needs to brush up on his technique as he got bitten on the nose when he caught his first squirrel the other day - his sister had flushed it out from under the summer house. When he dropped it in surprise she grabbed it and showed him how it's done with a quick shake. On a complete tangent, my cousin's lad wondered what G force a terrier shaking its prey generates - he was pondering how to strap an accelerometer to the dog's head!!
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Jun 16, 2020 12:57:44 GMT
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If I had a squirrel problem I'd borrow Molly (little long legged terrier a friend has) she's brilliant at catching squirrels and despatches them faster than a pellet - unfortunately she's not so good at catching "rats with wings" as they have vertical take off abilities - still chases them mind as it's "her land" Molly sounds excellent. My 2 are Border terriers so not bad at catching & despatching; trouble is there's a damn great wood over the stream from our garden so it's a bit like painting the Forth bridge trying to stop the squirrels. I'm hoping if we can eliminate the ones that live nearest to us that know about the apple trees, the ones that move in to take over will be discouraged. The youngest dog needs to brush up on his technique as he got bitten on the nose when he caught his first squirrel the other day - his sister had flushed it out from under the summer house. When he dropped it in surprise she grabbed it and showed him how it's done with a quick shake. On a complete tangent, my cousin's lad wondered what G force a terrier shaking its prey generates - he was pondering how to strap an accelerometer to the dog's head!! Train the younger with a toy squirrel? Can strap the accelerometer to the squirrel, then. Or catch a squirrel? Our dog thinks it's great when the magpies swoop her. She just borks at them and runs off in the direction they went, and then waits for them to swoop again the other way. Great exercise for her, but rather noisy.
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bstardchild
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Jun 16, 2020 18:20:12 GMT
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If I had a squirrel problem I'd borrow Molly (little long legged terrier a friend has) she's brilliant at catching squirrels and despatches them faster than a pellet - unfortunately she's not so good at catching "rats with wings" as they have vertical take off abilities - still chases them mind as it's "her land" Molly sounds excellent. My 2 are Border terriers so not bad at catching & despatching; trouble is there's a damn great wood over the stream from our garden so it's a bit like painting the Forth bridge trying to stop the squirrels. I'm hoping if we can eliminate the ones that live nearest to us that know about the apple trees, the ones that move in to take over will be discouraged. She's typical terrier several sarnies short of a picnic - actually a no sarnie picnic TBH - nuts The youngest dog needs to brush up on his technique as he got bitten on the nose when he caught his first squirrel the other day - his sister had flushed it out from under the summer house. When he dropped it in surprise she grabbed it and showed him how it's done with a quick shake. Education at it's best On a complete tangent, my cousin's lad wondered what G force a terrier shaking its prey generates - he was pondering how to strap an accelerometer to the dog's head!! I think that's why they are nuts - they've scrambled their own brains and don't know it
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Jun 17, 2020 17:17:29 GMT
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Anyway with 35 years since I last shot anything I was actually surprised I got it on the backstop let alone the target (hence the slightly over engineered and sized backstop Needed to set up the scope properly - I know you can do it by eye and with grouping shots of 4 or five but I've got time to waste This just has to work enough to set up the scope so again made from more scrap wood from the shed Good video from the internet made it a lot simpler than I'd imagined When your sorted your more than welcome to practice on our wood pigeons!! we seem to be over run after last years shooting ban but we can shoot on our own land and we put the birds to good use, the breast are great quickly pan fried!
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Jun 21, 2020 20:41:56 GMT
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My Daughter & Son-in-law moved house last year & as usual certain things take priority. Anyway they had an area that was basically a large sunken hole (the previous owner had a carp pond, which is still there, but with just goldfish etc in now & he had about 3 massive filters in this bit) so 3 tonne of limestone mot later we had this One of their friends was having a garden make-over, so these really nice slabs came free, we just had to collect them. Half way through, you can see a large black pipe which went to the filters in the corner. Couldn’t do too much with this without it turning into a major job as the water level in the pond is about 18 inch above this & it was just capped off. I had a plan though. Finished job. They had a scruffy old planter with no bottom in it, so I gave it a coat of magnolia, placed it over the pipe & filled it with compost & a cutting from a Gunera of my own. Along with a bamboo, pampas & some hosta. They were going to throw out an old ‘past it’s best’ ladder. I made some brackets screwed it to the wall, after a coat of grey paint & it will look ace with some climbers growing up it. I purposely left 3 pockets at the back to plant some in. I’m knackered, but they love it, so all in all a nice weekend & Father’s Day
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Jun 22, 2020 16:34:59 GMT
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Good job on the patio rattlecan ^^^ it makes such a difference Weve been doing exactly the same but on a bit bigger scale with 4 tonne of limestone, 2 tonne sharp sand and 2 tonne of building sand saw it go from this To this in many back breaking days! All we have left to do now is lay 1200 bricks for the wall and get some decent furniture but its kind of ready for summer!
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Jun 22, 2020 16:43:48 GMT
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Its that time of the year again so this happened Hays cut, got about 4 days of turning and then drag the baler out and hope it plays ball! 1st job though replace the fingers on the acrobat that broke last year Doesn't look like its going to be working on car time for a bit longer yet!
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